jquery selector speed (v27)

Revision 27 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="container">
    <ul>
        <li>1</li>
        <li class="target">2</li>
        <li>3</li>
    </ul>
</div>
<div id="altcontainer">
    <ul>
        <li>1</li>
        <li class="target">2</li>
        <li>3</li>
    </ul>
</div>
<div id="something">
    <ul>
        <li>1</li>
        <li class="target">2</li>
        <li>3</li>
    </ul>
</div><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
$('div#container ul li.target')
$('div#container ul li.target').css('border','1px solid red');
ready
$('#container .target')
$('#container .target').css('border','1px solid red');
ready
$('li.target')
$('li.target').css('border','1px solid red');
ready
$('.target')
$('.target').css('border','1px solid red');
ready
$('.target', '#container');
$('.target', '#container').css('border','1px solid red');
ready
$('.target', '#container');
$('.target', $('#container')).css('border','1px solid red');
ready

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