Using jQuery to search a string of HTML

Question

If I run this code -

var html= \'
\';
console.         


        

Answer 1

Let's split this question into two parts.

First:

var html= '
';
console.log($(html).find('div'));

and

var html= '
';
console.log($(html).find('div'));

do not work because according to the jQuery() docs:

When passing in complex HTML, some browsers may not generate a DOM that exactly replicates the HTML source provided. As mentioned, we use the browser's .innerHTML property to parse the passed HTML and insert it into the current document. During this process, some browsers filter out certain elements such as ,