set text in jquery

Question

If I want to set the text of a

to \"Test message here\", do I do:

 $(\'
\').text(\'Test          


        
      

Answer 1

You create a new div and set its text, but you don't insert it anywhere. What you need to do is:

var el = $('
').text('Test message here');
$(document).append(el);

or, if the div is already there:

$("#error").text('Test message here');