Creating a div element in jQuery

As of jQuery 1.4 you can pass attributes to a self-closed element like so:

jQuery('<div>', {
    id: 'some-id',
    class: 'some-class some-other-class',
    title: 'now this div has a title!'
}).appendTo('#mySelector');

Here it is in the Docs

Examples can be found at jQuery 1.4 Released: The 15 New Features you Must Know .

You can use append (to add at last position of parent) or prepend (to add at fist position of parent):

$('#parent').append('<div>hello</div>');    
// or
$('<div>hello</div>').appendTo('#parent');

Alternatively, you can use the .html() or .add() as mentioned in a different answer.

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