jQuery .append() function

Question

Why this

$(\"#mydiv\").append(\"
\");
$(\"#mydiv\").append(\"
Hello
\");
$(\"#mydiv\").append(\"
\");
alert($(\"#mydiv\").         


        

Answer 1

Because you can't append the unfinished pieces of HTML, you always append the element. For your case you have do either

$("#mydiv").append("
");
$("#mydiv ul").append("
Hello
");

or

$("#mydiv").append("
Hello
");