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-rw-r--r--src/core.js2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 7eb0e0b11..056fb88fb 100644
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
// Handle HTML strings
if ( typeof selector === "string" ) {
// Are we dealing with HTML string or an ID?
- if ( selector.charAt(0) === "<" || selector.charAt( selector.length - 1 ) === ">" ) {
+ if ( selector.charAt(0) === "<" && selector.charAt( selector.length - 1 ) === ">" && selector.length >= 3 ) {
// Assume that strings that start and end with <> are HTML and skip the regex check
match = [ null, selector, null ];