jquery selector speed (v41)

Revision 41 of this benchmark created by Tom Taylor on

Preparation HTML

<div id="container">
  <ul>
    <li>
      1
    </li>
    <li class="target">
      2
    </li>
    <li id="target">
      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
$('#target')
$('#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
$('#container ul li.target')
$('#container ul li.target').css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('ul li.target')
$('ul li.target').css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('div#container ul li.target')
$('div#container ul li.target').css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('li#target')
$('li#target').css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('#target','#container ul')
$('#target','#container ul').css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('#target',$(this).parent())
$('#target',$(this).parent()).css('border', '1px solid red');
ready
$('.target',$(this).parent())
$('.target',$(this).parent()).css('border', '1px solid red');
ready

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