Using jQuery, how do I change the elements html value? (div)

Question

Using a ajax request I want to change content of my div.

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So I want to change the content to a differen

Answer 1

$("#di").html('My New Text');

Check out the jQuery documentation.

If you wanted to increment the number, you would do

var theint = parseInt($("#di").html(),10)
theint++;
$("#di").html(theint);

P.S. Not sure if it was a typo or not, but you need to include the # in your selector to let jQuery know you are looking for an element with an ID of di. Maybe if you come from prototype you do not expect this, just letting you know.