How to verify an element exists in the DOM using jQuery?

Question

Typically in JavaScript I do something like the below to verify an element does exist:

if (document.getElementById('lblUpdateStatus')) {     $("#lblUpdateStatus").text(""); } 

But, using jQuery - how can I do the same type of thing?

Answer 1

$ returns an array of matching elements, so check the length property and you're good to go

if ($('#lblUpdateStatus').length) {     $("#lblUpdateStatus").text(""); }