jQuery Filter (Sizzle) Vs. Slice

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Preparation HTML

<div class="section">Section 1</div>
<div class="section">Section 2</div>
<div class="section">Section 3</div>
<div class="section">Section 4</div>
<div class="section">Section 5</div><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var $sections = $('.section');
  function randomFromTo(from, to){
      return Math.floor(Math.random() * (to - from + 1) + from);
  }
</script>

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filter()
var l = randomFromTo(0, 4);
$sections.filter(':lt('+l+')');
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slice()
var l = randomFromTo(0, 4);
$sections.slice(0, l);
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