title: How do I get a jQuery selector's expression as text?
body: <p>I have a jQuery selector, which has a chained function.</p>
  
  <p>Inside the function I want to get access to the TEXT representing the expression for the selector.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("cat dog").function() {
  
      // how do I get access to the "cat dog" string from inside THIS function ?
  };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've over simplified in this code sample what I actually want to do. I'm writing a plug-in and I need access to the selector for which the wrapped set has been created. Obviously in this particular example I have access to "cat dog" becasue i wrote it. So just picture this being in a plugin.</p>
  
  <p>Its a little tricky to google for this.</p>
  
  <p><strong>edit:</strong> the 'selector' property is unfortunately now deprecated. <a href="http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#selector-property-on-jquery-objects" rel="noreferrer">http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#selector-property-on-jquery-objects</a></p>