Single vs. Multiple jQuery Append (v7)

Revision 7 of this benchmark created on

Description

You can chain $.append(foo).append(bar).append(baz); in jQuery but is there a performance gain by doing the append() in a single step?

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table id="myTable"></table>

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Testing in
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Single Append
var str = '<tr><td>my data</td><td>more data</td></tr>';
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  $('#myTable').append(str);
}
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Multiple Appends
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  $("#myTable")
    .append('<tr></tr>')
    .append('<td>my data</td><td>more data</td>');
}
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