Substituting one tag for another with jQuery

Benchmark created by Jens Roland on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<code>A</code><code>B</code><code>C</code><code>D</code><code>E</code>
<code>F</code><code>G</code><code>H</code><code>I</code><code>J</code>
<code>A</code><code>B</code><code>C</code><code>D</code><code>E</code>
<code>F</code><code>G</code><code>H</code><code>I</code><code>J</code>
<code>A</code><code>B</code><code>C</code><code>D</code><code>E</code>
<code>F</code><code>G</code><code>H</code><code>I</code><code>J</code>
<code>A</code><code>B</code><code>C</code><code>D</code><code>E</code>
<code>F</code><code>G</code><code>H</code><code>I</code><code>J</code>
<code>A</code><code>B</code><code>C</code><code>D</code><code>E</code>
<code>F</code><code>G</code><code>H</code><code>I</code><code>J</code>

<code>
<span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
<span>F</span><span>G</span><span>H</span><span>I</span><span>J</span>
</code>
<code>
<span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
<span>F</span><span>G</span><span>H</span><span>I</span><span>J</span>
</code>
<code>
<span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
<span>F</span><span>G</span><span>H</span><span>I</span><span>J</span>
</code>
<code>
<span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
<span>F</span><span>G</span><span>H</span><span>I</span><span>J</span>
</code>
<code>
<span>A</span><span>B</span><span>C</span><span>D</span><span>E</span>
<span>F</span><span>G</span><span>H</span><span>I</span><span>J</span>
</code>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
wrap-unwrap
$('code').contents().unwrap().wrap('<div/>');
ready
replaceWith string
$('code').each(function() {
  $(this).replaceWith( "<div>" + $(this).html() + "</div>" );
});
ready
replaceWith function
$('code').replaceWith(function(){
  return $("<div />", {html: $(this).html()});
});
ready

Revisions

You can edit these tests or add more tests to this page by appending /edit to the URL.