.append JQuery whilst declaring a variable

Question

Basically i tried this:

var newDiv = $('#parentDiv').append("<div id=\""+user_name+"\" div class=\"user_head\">"+"</div>");

But when I try to append to the newDiv, it appends to the #parentDiv.

How can i declare a variable for the new DIV created from append?

Answer 1

You can use appendTo and switch the order of the selectors:

var newDiv = $("<div id=\""+user_name+"\" div class=\"user_head\">"+"</div>").appendTo("#parentDiv")