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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T01:41:26+00:00 2026-05-28T01:41:26+00:00

It seems like jQuery’s .find() method always returns true . But that’s not really

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It seems like jQuery’s .find() method always returns true. But that’s not really useful because you have do additionally check the length of the returned object to see if it really exists.

Anyone got a good explanation for that behaviour?

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    2026-05-28T01:41:27+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 1:41 am

    Anyone got a good explanation for that habit ?

    If .find() were to return a Boolean value instead of a jQuery object, you could not use it for chaining which is one of the overall goals of jQuery.

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