jQuery - Check if DOM element already exists

Question

I am trying to add some form elements dynamically via Ajax with jQuery. I want to make sure that I don\'t create the same element twice, so I only want to add it if it hasn\

Answer 1

if ID is available - You can use getElementById()

var element =  document.getElementById('elementId');
  if (typeof(element) != 'undefined' && element != null)
  { 
     // exists.
  }

OR Try with Jquery -

if ($(document).find(yourElement).length == 0) 
{ 
 // -- Not Exist
}