What does the selector syntax mean in $( “” ).text( message )

Question

What does the selector

syntax mean in this code? I\'ve seen selectors like div or #someId but I\'m confused what the

Answer 1

It means "create a jQuery-wrapped div element on the fly".

See http://api.jquery.com/jQuery/

From the above:

jQuery( html [, ownerDocument] )

Description: Creates DOM elements on the fly from the provided string of raw HTML.

Later...

When the parameter has a single tag, such as $('') or $(''), jQuery creates the element using the native JavaScript createElement() function.

So basically, it's like doing:

$(document.createElement("div")).text("blahblah");