jQuery .find() vs. context selector vs non-context selector (v72)

Revision 72 of this benchmark created by Faizel on

Description

comparing selector speed

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>

<article>
        <p>A test</p>
        <p><ins></ins></p>
        <p>This is text</p>
   <div class="outerDiv1">
     <span class="div1span"></span>
   </div>
   <div id="outerDiv2">
     <div class="innerDiv2">
        <span class="div2span"></span>
      </div>
  </div>
</article>

Setup

var $article = $('article');

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
find method (node context)
var has = $($article[0]).find('ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
find method (jquery context)
var has = $article.find('ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context node
var has = $('ins', $article[0]).length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context jquery
var has = $('ins', $article).length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
cascade
var has = $('article ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context (no cached)
var has = $('ins', 'article').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
select and find
var has = $('article').find('ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
'parent > child' selector
var has = $('article > ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
Multiple parent > child selector
var has = $article.find('div.outerDiv2 > div.innerDiv2 > span.div2span ' ).text();
ready
Multiple parent child selector
var has = $article.find('div.outerDiv2  div.innerDiv2  span.div2span ' ).text();
ready
Multiple parent child selector using class
var has = $article.find('.outerDiv2  .innerDiv2  .div2span ' ).text();
ready
find grand child using div root element
var $div = $article.find('.outerDiv2');
var has = $div.find('.div2span ' ).text();
ready
ind grand child using root element

var has = $article.find('.div2span ' ).text();
ready

Revisions

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