To create an array use $.makeArray(<object>)
var myObj = [“John”, “Jake”, “Jack”, “King”];
var myArr = $.makeArray(myobj);
You can search for specific element in array using $.inArray()
$.inArray(“Jack”, myArr);
To merge two arrays, use $.merge() method
var arr1 = [“John”, “Jake”, “Jack”, “King”];
var arr2 = [“Mary”, “Katy”, “Jill”, “Queen”];
var mergeArr = $.merge(arr1, arr2);