Avoiding an assignment in jQuery
<p>I discovered <code>.andSelf()</code>, and I want to do something similar. Essentially, calling <code>.filter()</code> on a jQuery object will not modify the jQuery object. To modify it I have to do</p>

<pre><code>$myElement = $myElement.filter(mySelector);
</code></pre>

<p>I don't really like that syntax. Is it possible to do something like:</p>

<pre><code>$myElement.filter(mySelector).applyFilterToSelf();
</code></pre>
