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title: "What are jQuery Selectors? Explain them?"  
description: "What are jQuery Selectors? Explain them?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2011-10-17  
updated: 2020-09-15  
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category: "jquery"  
tags: ["jquery"]  
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# What are jQuery Selectors? Explain them?

A Selector identifies an HTML element tag that is used to manipulate with jQuery code.

Selectors allow page elements to be selected. $ is the symbol used for it. $ can also be called as jQuery selector. Selectors are the most important part of the jQuery , we can say that heart of jQuery.

- We can select single (using id selectors) or multiple elements using class or element selectors
- Selectors find DOM Elements to manipulate based on CSS Selector syntax
- Selectors can find the elements by ID, class, Element Name and hierarchical positioning
- Selectors can return sequence of DOM elements , and we can use methods or logic on every matched element.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A Selector identifies an HTML element tag that is used to manipulate with jQuery code.

Selectors allow page elements to be selected. $ is the symbol used for it. $ can also be called as jQuery selector. Selectors are the most important part of the jQuery , we can say that heart of jQuery.

- We can select single (using id selectors) or multiple elements using class or element selectors
- Selectors find DOM Elements to manipulate based on CSS Selector syntax
- Selectors can find the elements by ID, class, Element Name and hierarchical positioning
- Selectors can return sequence of DOM elements , and we can use methods or logic on every matched element.


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