Difference between ways of selecting descendants

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With the risk of being redirected to a dublicate question, what is the difference between using $("ul li") and $("ul").find("li")?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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If you only need first level children, using .children() will give you a performance boost since there is less to interrogate.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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answered Feb 09 '12 at 20:52

Justin Helgerson

Excellent article - that's exactly what I needed! – Stig Perez Feb 09 '12 at 21:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 09 '12 at 20:58

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$("ul").find("li") is faster than $("ul li").

$("ul li") is going to be changed into $("ul").find("li") after some checks and breaking.

find() appeared faster than children() to me in single level selections.

answered Feb 09 '12 at 20:58

Jashwant

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