Creating an empty element with start tag vs. self closing tag

Question

In jQuery, is there any difference between this:

$(\'
\').appendTo(\'body\');

And this:

$(\'
\').appe         


        
      

Answer 1

That syntax will not cause problems as long as nothing comes after it.

$("
") // Ok!
$("
foobar") // Not Ok!
$("
") // Not Ok!

For reference, see http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/#jQuery2