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HTML
<div id="example">
<span>A child element</span>
</div>
JavaScript
console.log($("#example").html()); //Prints "<span>A child element</span>"
console.log($("#example").get(0));
<div id="example">
<span>A child element</span>
</div>
console.log($("#example").html()); //Prints "<span>A child element</span>"
console.log($("#example").get(0));