set text in jquery

Question

If I want to set the text of a <div id="error"></div> to "Test message here", do I do:

 $('<div id="error">').text('Test message here'); 

I tried this and it's not working. Thoughts?

Answer 1

You create a new div and set its text, but you don't insert it anywhere. What you need to do is:

var el = $('<div id="error">').text('Test message here'); $(document).append(el); 

or, if the div is already there:

$("#error").text('Test message here'); 

Answer 2

 $('#error').text('Test message here');