jQuery bug?

JavaScript
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var listItems = "<li><a href='#' title='one'>1</a></li><li><a href='#' title='two'>2</a></li><li><a href='#' title='three'>3</a></li><li><a href='#' title='four'>4</a></li>";

var links = $(listItems).find('a'); //This works

var links = $(listItems).find('li'); //This doesn't

Why can I find all the anchors but not listitems?

2

Does the description for the find method help to explain things?

Get the descendants of each element in the current set of matched elements, filtered by a selector.

3

yep, thanks for that - so var listItems2 = $(listItems + ‘li’);

4

my bad, nevermind