Fixed #874

diff --git a/src/jquery/coreTest.js b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
index 0bb9727..6b73b0c 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jquery/coreTest.js
+++ b/src/jquery/coreTest.js
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ test("Basic requirements", function() {
 test("$()", function() {\r
        var main = $("#main");\r
        isSet( $("div p", main).get(), q("sndp", "en", "sap"), "Basic selector with jQuery object as context" );\r
+       \r
+       // make sure this is handled\r
+       $('<p>\r\n</p>');\r
 });\r
 \r
 test("length", function() {\r

diff --git a/src/jquery/jquery.js b/src/jquery/jquery.js
index 76f11d7..e2a2a22 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jquery/jquery.js
+++ b/src/jquery/jquery.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var jQuery = function(a,c) {
        // Handle HTML strings
        if ( typeof a  == "string" ) {
                // HANDLE: $(html) -> $(array)
-               var m = /^[^<]*(<(.|\n)+>)[^>]*$/.exec(a);
+               var m = /^[^<]*(<(.|\s)+>)[^>]*$/.exec(a);
                if ( m )
                        a = jQuery.clean( [ m[1] ] );