How is this not a function in coffeescript?

Question

Seems relatively straight forward :

_.each words, (val, key) -> $(".word_choice")[key].html val

Returns :

$(".word_choice")[key].html is not a function
[Break On This Error]   

return $(".word_choice")[key].html(val);

Can't figure this out. I'm using this reference :

http://autotelicum.github.com/Smooth-CoffeeScript/literate/underscore.html#each

Answer 1

When accessing an element by index in a jQuery object, you get back a plain HTML element, not another jQuery object. Use .eq instead:

_.each words, (val, key) -> $(".word_choice").eq(key).html val