jQuery: When creating a new element, do I need the ending tag?

Question

var $div = $(\'
\').appendTo($(\'#header\'));

When creating new elements and adding them to the DOM, do you need the endi

Answer 1

you need the ending tag : http://api.jquery.com/appendTo/ for example

$('
Test
').appendTo('.inner');

it should also be

.appendTo('#header');

and not

.appendTo($('#header'));