Increment a number by clicking onto a button

Question

I have the number $likes_number in a div block on my page. I would like to know how to increment it dynamically by clicking on a button?

My code

Answer 1

<script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
<div id="likes">
    <span class="figure"></span>
</div>
<button type="button" id="like">Like</button>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var clicks = 0; $("#like").click(function(){ clicks++; $('.figure').html(clicks);});
</script>

Live example: https://jsfiddle.net/nTmu7/2/

Answer 2

$('#like').click(function() {
    $('#likes span').text( parseInt($('#likes span').text()) + 1 );
});

You can see an example here: http://jsfiddle.net/nayish/GCvnH/