+/**
+ * Similar to the Prototype $A() function, only it allows you to
+ * forcefully pass array-like structures into $().
+ */
+jQuery.A = function(a){
+ // Create a temporary, clean, array
+ var r = [];
+
+ // and copy the old array contents over to it
+ for ( var i = 0; i < a.length; i++ )
+ r.push( a[i] );
+
+ // Return the sane jQuery object
+ return $(r);
+};
+