jQuery.val vs element.value

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Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden"><input class="foo" type="hidden">

Setup

var elements = $('.foo');
  var value = Math.random();

Test runner

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Testing in
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$.val()
elements.val(value);
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element.value
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; ++i) {
    elements[i].value = value;
}
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