How do I check if a variable is a jQuery object or plain DOM element?

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How do I check if a variable is a jQuery object or plain DOM element?

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See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1853223/check-if-object-is-a-jquery-object – Crescent Fresh Aug 06 '10 at 17:30

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A jquery object has a jquery property.
A jquery object is an instanceof jQuery (instanceof on MDN)
A DOM element has a nodeType property

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