JQuery two-part question - mimic tab binding and snap binding event

Question

Question

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• I would like to have a binding on a page that performs the same function as the tab.
  I managed to get it to work if I put something like $('#tabs ul a:first').click()in the onclick event of a specific anchor. Note: href does not affect links external to the tab plugin; it’s probably only used in tab bindings when creating its click event.

• I ran into jQuery binding problem.
  Instead of doing a DOM search for each link, it would be better to store this in a variable and add a click event for an external binding event. However, when the selector returns multiple objects, the object in the array (most likely it is not an returned array, but an object) does not seem to have any functions.

JSFiddle example

Js

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$(function() {
    $( "#tabs" ).tabs(); 

    var tabs = $('#tabs ul li a');

    $( "#links2 a" ).each(function(index){
       $(this).bind('click',function(){
          (tabs[index]).click();
       });
    });
});

HTML / CSS (incomplete)

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/themes/base/jquery.ui.all.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://jqueryui.com/demos/demos.css" />
<style type="text/css">
   #links1 , #links2, #links3      { margin-top:1em; font-size:1.5em;}
   #links1 a, #links2 a, #links3 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0cf}
</style>
<div id="tabs">
    <ul>
        <li><a href="#tabs-1">Foo</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tabs-2">Bar</a></li>
        <li><a href="#tabs-3">Baz</a></li>
    </ul>
    <div id="tabs-1" ><p>Foo foo foo foo foo foo foo foo. foo-foo!</p></div>
    <div id="tabs-2" ><p>Bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar. bar-bar!</p></div>
    <div id="tabs-3" ><p>Baz baz baz baz baz baz baz baz. baz-baz!</p></div>
</div>

<div id="links1">
   <div>HREF doesn't matter:</div>
   <a href="#tabs-1">foo</a>     
   <a href="#tabs-2">bar</a>           
   <a href="#tabs-3">baz</a>
</div>

<div id="links2">
   <div>Trying to dynamically bind onclick</div>
   <a href="#">foo</a> 
   <a href="#">bar</a>       
   <a href="#">baz</a>
</div>

<div id="links3">
   <div>What should happen, but not the right method:</div>
   <a href="#" onclick="$('#tabs li:first a').click()">foo</a>
   <a href="#" onclick="$('#tabs li a:eq(1)').click()//not sure if this is the best way to reference">bar</a>       
   <a href="#" onclick="$('#tabs li:last a').click()">baz</a>
</div>

Answer 1

Instead

(tabs[index]).click();

he should be

tabs.eq(index).click();

DOM, DOM, jQuery. "click" <a>, , . (, $(tabs[index]) .)