jquery's append not working with svg element?

Question

Assuming this:

Answer 1

 var svg; // if you have variable declared and not assigned value.
 // then you make a mistake by appending elements to that before creating element    
 svg.appendChild(document.createElement("g"));
 // at some point you assign to svg
 svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', "svg")
 // then you put it in DOM
 document.getElementById("myDiv").appendChild(svg)
 // it wont render unless you manually change myDiv DOM with DevTools

// to fix assign before you append
var svg = createElement("svg", [
    ["version", "1.2"],
    ["xmlns:xlink", "http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"],
    ["aria-labelledby", "title"],
    ["role", "img"],
    ["class", "graph"]
]);
function createElement(tag, attributeArr) {
      // .createElementNS  NS is must! Does not draw without
      let elem = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', tag);             
      attributeArr.forEach(element => elem.setAttribute(element[0], element[1]));
      return elem;
}
// extra:  for example requires attributes to render. Check if missing.