Function Sizzle

HTML/jquery.js:3725–3870

( selector, context, results, seed )

});

var Sizzle = function( selector, context, results, seed ) {
	results = results || [];
	context = context || document;

	var origContext = context;

	if ( context.nodeType !== 1 && context.nodeType !== 9 ) {
		return [];
	}
	
	if ( !selector || typeof selector !== "string" ) {
		return results;
	}

	var m, set, checkSet, extra, ret, cur, pop, i,
		prune = true,
		contextXML = Sizzle.isXML( context ),
		parts = [],
		soFar = selector;
	
	// Reset the position of the chunker regexp (start from head)
	do {
		chunker.exec( "" );
		m = chunker.exec( soFar );

		if ( m ) {
			soFar = m[3];
		
			parts.push( m[1] );
		
			if ( m[2] ) {
				extra = m[3];
				break;
			}
		}
	} while ( m );

	if ( parts.length > 1 && origPOS.exec( selector ) ) {

		if ( parts.length === 2 && Expr.relative[ parts[0] ] ) {
			set = posProcess( parts[0] + parts[1], context );

		} else {
			set = Expr.relative[ parts[0] ] ?
				[ context ] :
				Sizzle( parts.shift(), context );

			while ( parts.length ) {
				selector = parts.shift();

				if ( Expr.relative[ selector ] ) {
					selector += parts.shift();
				}
				
				set = posProcess( selector, set );
			}
		}