Why if I use $("
something
") add one more
in jQuery?

Question

I met now a strange behaviour (or normal and I didn't know about this?) in jQuery for the following code:

$("<p><div>item1</div></p>")

and the result is:

[<p></p>, <div>item1</div>, <p></p>]

Why last <p></p> is added and where come from ?

and actually it's not the last `
` that is added. It's the left from the div and the
right from the div that have been added, to correct for the error — myfunkyside, Oct 14 '14 at 08:03

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 14 '14 at 08:02

2

<p><div></div></p> is not valid HTML and the browser is well within its rights to attempt to correct it by closing the <p> before the <div>

answered Oct 14 '14 at 08:02

The Demz

Where does the last `p` come from? – Salman A Oct 14 '14 at 08:04
@SalmanA - It's the `` left from the div as well as the `
` right from the div that have been added, to correct for the error and make sure all tags are properly closed
– myfunkyside Oct 14 '14 at 08:04

Why if I use $("something") add one more in jQuery?