jQuery selector vs hasClass

Benchmark created by Dan DeFelippi on

Description

Test which is faster, a selector including the class compared to hasClass.

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="foo"></div>
<script>
  var found = false;
  $("body").addClass("foobar");
</script>

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Testing in
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selector
if ($("body.foobar").length) {
 found = true;
}
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hasClass
if ($("body").hasClass("foobar")) {
 found = true;
}
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