Fastest way to get height

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Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="example">Lorem ipsum</div>

Setup

var $elem = $("#example");

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height()
var height = $elem.height();
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[0].clientHeight
var height = $elem[0].clientHeight;
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css('height')
var height = $elem.css('height');
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[0].offsetHeight
var height = $elem[0].offsetHeight;
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