function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string')
			element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1)
			return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
}

// Sample Usage:
var obj1 = document.getElementById('element1');
var obj2 = document.getElementById('element2');
function alertElements() {
  var i;
  var elements = $('a','b','c',obj1,obj2,'d','e');
  for ( i=0;i

instead of document.getElementById('a');, you’d simply just do this instead:

$('a');.

And if you wanted a whole collection of elements, you can simply do this:

$('a','b',obj,obj2,'c','d');

Prototype function $

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