Most efficient way to convert an HTMLCollection to an Array

Question

Is there a more efficient way to convert an HTMLCollection to an Array, other than iterating through the contents of said collection and manually pushing each item into an a

Answer 1

I saw a more concise method of getting Array.prototype methods in general that works just as well. Converting an HTMLCollection object into an Array object is demonstrated below:

[].slice.call( yourHTMLCollectionObject );

And, as mentioned in the comments, for old browsers such as IE7 and earlier, you simply have to use a compatibility function, like:

function toArray(x) {
    for(var i = 0, a = []; i < x.length; i++)
        a.push(x[i]);

    return a
}

I know this is an old question, but I felt the accepted answer was a little incomplete; so I thought I'd throw this out there FWIW.