Question

I’m new here and I’d like to ask a question about jQuery.
i have some problem with jquery each, and i have code :

$("#search-submit").click(function(){
    var item = $("<span>asdf</span>");
    $("body").append(item, item);
}

I just can’t figure out, why is this simple code don’t work. Instead of print “asdf” twice, i just got one “asdf” printed each time i click the button..
this also don’t work. this is so silly…

$("body").append(item);
$("body").append(item);

Thanks a lot… and sorry about my bad english

Denny.

Answer 1

You can append a jQuery object only one time, you can clone the object:

$("#search-submit").click(function() {
    var item = $("<span>asdf</span>");
    $("body").append(item, item.clone());
})

Or append a string:

$("#search-submit").click(function() {
    var item = "<span>asdf</span>";
    $("body").append(item, item);
})

http://jsfiddle.net/yKyAL/