diff --git a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md index 10490556..75ec17fe 100644 --- a/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md +++ b/page/using-jquery-core/faq/how-do-i-select-elements-when-i-already-have-a-dom-element.md @@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ Unfortunately, you cannot concatenate strings to objects. ### Related Articles * [The jQuery Object](/using-jquery-core/jquery-object/) + +so first pass in the obj then use find. + +``` + var jMyDomElement = $( myDomElement); + + jMyDomElement.find(".bar") + + jMyDomElement.find("a") +``