Empty jQuery Selector

JavaScript performance comparison

Test case created by Michael Mahemoff

Info

See Rick Waldron's http://weblog.bocoup.com/jquery-fastest-way-to-select-nothing

Preparation code

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

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jQuery([]);
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"null"
jQuery("null")
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""
jQuery("")
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undefined
jQuery(undefined)
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null
jQuery(null)
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false
jQuery(false)
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()
jQuery()
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new jQuery.fn.init
new jQuery.fn.init
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