jQuery .find() vs descendant selector (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created 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>

<div>
<div id="container2">
<div></div>
<div></div>
<div class="robotarm2"></div>
<div><div class="robotarm2"></div></div>
<div class="robotarm2"></div>
<div class="robotarm2"></div>
<div></div>
</div>
</div>
<script>
  var container = $("#container");
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Descendant Selector
$('div.robotarm');
ready
Find
$('#container').find('div.robotarm');
ready
Descendant Selector 2
$('#container div.robotarm');
ready
context
$('div.robotarm', "#container");
ready

Revisions

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