Question

<p id="test">lol</p>

<script type="text/javascript">
var text = $('test').text();
var comparingText = 'lol';

if (text == comparingText) {
document.write('haha');
}
</script>

Why will not this work ?
Have even tried using “IF NOT“..

Answer 1

You are not getting element by id, should be:

var text = $('#test').text();

And it would be better to write your script in DOM load event:

$(function(){
    var text = $('#test').text();
    var comparingText = 'lol';

    if (text == comparingText) {
        document.write('haha');
    }
);

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/eedUs/1/