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Asked: 2026-05-18T08:35:57+00:00

So if I have a variable like var ht = <body><p>Paragraph Here</p></body> If it

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So if I have a variable like

var ht = "<body><p>Paragraph Here</p></body>"

If it was attached to the DOM I could just do this to get the text 

$('p').text();

But can I do the same kind of selection just on a variable that has not yet been attached to the dom?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The jQuery object will take HTML and make it in to a DOM structure for further query, you can pass it in directly to create the object, or use it as a context if you just wish to query it.

    Edit: For some reason it seems necessary to wrap it in a DIV, if not already within one in this example. See the jQuery object documentation on this method for further information.

    See test framework for system at: http://jsfiddle.net/hUMqU/

    var ht = "<body><p>Paragraph Here</p></body>";
$('<div>' + ht + '</div>').find('p').text();

    or as context:

    var ht = "<body><p>Paragraph Here</p></body>";
$('p', '<div>' + ht + '</div>').text();
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