jQuery .find() vs descendant selector

Benchmark created by David on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div>
<div id="container">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div class="robotarm"></div>
<div><div class="robotarm"></div></div>
<div class="robotarm"></div>
<div class="robotarm"></div>
<div></div>
</div>
</div>

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Testing in
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Descendant Selector
$('#container div.robotarm');
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Find
$('#container').find('div.robotarm');
ready

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