Fixed #874

src/jquery/coreTest.js

@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ test("Basic requirements", function() {
 test("$()", function() {
 	var main = $("#main");
 	isSet( $("div p", main).get(), q("sndp", "en", "sap"), "Basic selector with jQuery object as context" );
+	
+	// make sure this is handled
+	$('<p>\r\n</p>');
 });
 
 test("length", function() {

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] ] );