Is jQuery an Array? -

i'm getting jquery , having problems understanding is. how can use array style indexing on jquery object jquery not array? javascript thing?

<ul id="myul"> <li></li> <li id="second"></li> <li></li> </ul>  var jqueryobject = $("#myul > li"); alert(jqueryobject[1].attributes.getnameditem("id").value);  if (jqueryobject instanceof array) {     alert('value array!'); } else {     alert('not array');//this pops } 

a jquery collection object properties numbered array indexes (and other properties , methods), each holding 1 of matched elements. given length property tell how many elements selector matched. see http://api.jquery.com/types/#jquery

also, yes, partly javascript thing--js lets access object's properties dot notation or square-bracket notation.