jQuery .find() vs descendant selector (v15)

Revision 15 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>

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Testing in
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Descendant Selector
$('#container').find('div:nth-child(even)').css('color', 300);
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Find
$('#container').find('div:nth-child(even)').addClass("reddd");
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