title: How to convert the result of jQuery .find() function to an array?
body: <p>What does jQuery <code>.find()</code> method return? a <strong>object</strong> OR a <strong>array list</strong> of objects?</p>
  
  <p>If it returns an object which contain all the matched elements. How to convert this object to an array?</p>
  
  <p>If it returns a array of elements, why <code>$(xml).find("DATE").sort(mySortFunc);</code> does not work, it seems the jQuery <code>.find()</code> returns an object which can not apply Javascript <code>sort()</code> method which is supposed to be applied on array.</p>
  
  <p>Generally, I need to sort the objects find by <code>$(xml).find("DATE")</code> , but when I use sort function, it raised an error that the object can not be resolved.</p>