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#13418 closed bug (duplicate)

Opened February 08, 2013 04:51PM UTC

Closed February 08, 2013 04:54PM UTC

jQuery selector $() throws 'unrecognized expression', when creating a DOM element with spaces in front

Reported by: oligsei.reznikov@gmail.com Owned by:
Priority: undecided Milestone: None
Component: unfiled Version: 1.9.0
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

Example:\\\\

jQuery 1.9.x

> $('<span />');
  [<span></span>]
> $(' <span />');
  Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: <span />

jQuery 1.8.x

> $('<span />');
  [<span></span>]
> $(' <span />');
  [<span></span>]
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Changed February 08, 2013 04:54PM UTC by dmethvin comment:1

resolution: → duplicate
status: new → closed

Duplicate of #13223.http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#jquery-htmlstring-versus-jquery-selectorstring

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