Get elements not having a certain class

Benchmark created by Mathias Bynens on

Description

Test case created to help me make my point on Stack Overflow.

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var $container = $('<div/>').append(Array(100).join('<a></a>')).append(Array(100).join('<a class="foo"></a>'));
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Using the “attribute not equal to” selector (will fail for multiple classes)
$container.find('a[class!=foo]');
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Using .not()
$container.find('a').not('.foo');
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Using the :not() selector
$container.find('a:not(.foo)');
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Using .filter(':not(.foo)')
$container.find('a').filter(':not(.foo)');
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