Editing getElementById vs. getElementsByClassName vs. querySelector vs. jQuery vs xpath

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Test 1

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var bar = document.getElementById("bar");

Test 2

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var bar = document.querySelector("#bar");

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var bar = $("#bar");

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var bar = document.evaluate("//*[@id='bar']",document,null,9,null).singleNodeValue;

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var baz = document.getElementsByClassName("my-baz");

Test 6

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var baz = document.querySelector(".my-baz");

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var baz = $(".my-baz");

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var baz = $(document.querySelector(".my-baz"));