Add table row in jQuery

Question

What is the best method in jQuery to add an additional row to a table as the last row?

Is this acceptable?

$(\'#myTable\').append(\'

        

Answer 1

For the best solution posted here, if there's a nested table on the last row, the new row will be added to the nested table instead of the main table. A quick solution (considering tables with/without tbody and tables with nested tables):

function add_new_row(table, rowcontent) {
    if ($(table).length > 0) {
        if ($(table + ' > tbody').length == 0) $(table).append('');
        ($(table + ' > tr').length > 0) ? $(table).children('tbody:last').children('tr:last').append(rowcontent): $(table).children('tbody:last').append(rowcontent);
    }
}

Usage example:

add_new_row('#myTable','my new row');