converting a javascript string to a html object [duplicate]

Question

can I convert a string to a html object? like:

string s = '<div id="myDiv"></div>'; var htmlObject = s.toHtmlObject; 

so that i can later on get it by id and do some changing in its style

var ho = document.getElementById("myDiv").style.marginTop = something; 

Thanx a million in advance, Lina

Answer 1

var s = '<div id="myDiv"></div>'; var htmlObject = document.createElement('div'); htmlObject.innerHTML = s; htmlObject.getElementById("myDiv").style.marginTop = something;