Function Sizzle

documentation/javascript/application.js:4765–4823

( selector, context, results, seed )

}

function Sizzle( selector, context, results, seed ) {
	results = results || [];
	context = context || document;
	var match, elem, xml, m,
		nodeType = context.nodeType;

	if ( nodeType !== 1 && nodeType !== 9 ) {
		return [];
	}

	if ( !selector || typeof selector !== "string" ) {
		return results;
	}

	xml = isXML( context );

	if ( !xml && !seed ) {
		if ( (match = rquickExpr.exec( selector )) ) {
			// Speed-up: Sizzle("#ID")
			if ( (m = match[1]) ) {
				if ( nodeType === 9 ) {
					elem = context.getElementById( m );
					// Check parentNode to catch when Blackberry 4.6 returns
					// nodes that are no longer in the document #6963
					if ( elem && elem.parentNode ) {
						// Handle the case where IE, Opera, and Webkit return items
						// by name instead of ID
						if ( elem.id === m ) {
							results.push( elem );
							return results;
						}
					} else {
						return results;
					}
				} else {
					// Context is not a document
					if ( context.ownerDocument && (elem = context.ownerDocument.getElementById( m )) &&
						contains( context, elem ) && elem.id === m ) {
						results.push( elem );
						return results;
					}
				}

			// Speed-up: Sizzle("TAG")
			} else if ( match[2] ) {
				push.apply( results, slice.call(context.getElementsByTagName( selector ), 0) );
				return results;

			// Speed-up: Sizzle(".CLASS")
			} else if ( (m = match[3]) && assertUsableClassName && context.getElementsByClassName ) {
				push.apply( results, slice.call(context.getElementsByClassName( m ), 0) );
				return results;
			}
		}
	}

	// All others
	return select( selector, context, results, seed, xml );