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Asked: 2026-05-17T21:57:44+00:00

Is this: var contents = document.getElementById(‘contents’); The same as this: var contents = $(‘#contents’);

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Is this:

var contents = document.getElementById('contents');

The same as this:

var contents = $('#contents');

Given that jQuery is loaded?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Not exactly!!

    document.getElementById('contents'); //returns a HTML DOM Object

var contents = $('#contents');  //returns a jQuery Object

    In jQuery, to get the same result as document.getElementById, you can access the jQuery Object and get the first element in the object (Remember JavaScript objects act similar to associative arrays).

    var contents = $('#contents')[0]; //returns a HTML DOM Object
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