jQuery detection

Benchmark created by Thomas Genin on

Description

fastest way to return a jQuery object given a string or a jQuery object

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="test">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var $elem = $("#test");
  var str = "#test";

  function instance(e) {
    if (e instanceof jQuery) return e;

    return $(e);
  }

  function type(e) {
    if (typeof e == 'string') return $(e);
    return e;
  }
</script>

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Instance of
instance($elem);
instance(str);
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Typeof
type($elem);
type(str);
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  • Revision 1: published by Thomas Genin on