title: jQuery get DOM node?
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1677880/how-to-get-a-dom-element-from-a-jquery-selector">How to get a DOM Element from a JQuery Selector</a>  </p>
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  <p>I can select a node using jQuery with something like <code>$('#element_id')</code> but how would I get the DOM element for use with non-jQuery functions that expect something like would be returned by <code>document.getElementById()</code>?</p>