Variables and jquery ojects

Question

I am using variables to hold jquery objects as

$mydiv = $('#somediv');

Now I would like to extend this to reference a paragraph within $mydiv. Obviously you could declare a new variable

$mypara = $('#somediv p')

But is there any way to extend the $mydiv variable to find the paragraph it contains.

Just can't figure out the notation.

Any suggestions please?

Pete

Answer 1

Yes.It have.

$mydiv = $('#somediv');
$mydiv.find('p');

Answer 2

You can use:

var = mydiv = $('#somediv');
var children = mydiv.children('p');

This will give you all the child 'p' elements belonging to your div.

Answer 3

This should do it:

$mydiv.find('p');