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HTML
<p>A</p>
<p>B</p>
<p>C</p>
<hr />
<div>First</div>
<div>Second</div>
<div>Third</div>
JavaScript
// array of DOM elements
// [<p>A</p>, <p>B</p>, <p>C</p>]
var elementArray = $("p").get();
$(elementArray).css("color", "red");
var first = $("div").get(0);
var second = $("div").get(1);
var third = $("div").get(2);
$([first, second, third]).css("color", "blue");