jQuery parent/child selectors

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The different ways to select (context, pure selector, +find()) DOM elements using jQuery in parent/child scenarios.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div>
  <ul id="list">
    <li class="test">
    </li>
    <li>
    </li>
    <li class="test">
    </li>
    <li class="test">
    </li>
    <li id="abc">
<table><td></td></table>
    </li>
    
    <li class="test">
    </li>
    <li>
    </li>
    <li class="test">
    </li>
    <li>
    </li>
    <li class="test">
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<div class="test">
</div>
<script>
var list = document.getElementById("list");
  var $list = $('#list');
</script>

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context
 
var $test = $('table', $list);
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selector
 
var $test = $('#abc table');
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context and find()
 
var $test = $(list).find('table');
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created context
 
var $test = $('table', $('#list'));
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selector and find
 
var $test = $('#list').find('table');
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parent/child selector
 
var $test = $('#list > #abc > table');
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immediate children
 
$test = $(list).children().children('table');
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id
 
var $test = $('table');
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$list find
 
var $test = $list.find('table');
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plain context
 
var $test = $('table', list);
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