What are all the ways I can use $?

Question

I was looking at this question: The preferred way of creating a new element with jQuery

In it, they mention these two methods of using jquery:

Either:

var div = $("<div></div>");
$("#box").append(div);

Or:

$("#box").append("<div></div>");

I'm looking at this, and noticing that if you put actual HTML in the $ function, it acts like you are creating elements in memory. But if you use an HTML selector, it's referring to elements on the document? At least that's my interpretation. I'd like to find all the ways i can use the $ function , but when I search the site , I don't know how to find it.

Can someone list all the ways I can use $, and if possible, links to the official documentation?

Answer 1

$() is a shortcut for the jQuery() function, and you can find the documentation for it here: https://api.jquery.com/jQuery/

Multiple argument types are accepted, including selector , element , elementArray , object , and callback types. From the docs: