jQuery doesn't cache elements for you. If you've made a selection that you might need to make again, you should save the selection in a variable rather than making the selection repeatedly.


== Noncompliant Code Example

With the default threshold of 2

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$( "p" ).hide();
$( "p" ).show();  // Noncompliant
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== Compliant Solution

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var paragraph = $( "p" );

paragraph.hide();
paragraph.show();
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== Exceptions

Stored selections are not updated when the DOM changes. Since variables may need to updated this rule ignores selections that are repeated during an assignment.

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var paragraph = $("p");

// ...

paragraph = $("p");
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