Test Case Boilerplate
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HTML
<h1/>
JavaScript
var a = $('<h3>3</h3>').appendTo('h1');
console.log(a);
var b = $('<h3>3</h3>').appendTo('not_existing_element');
console.log(b);
<h1/>
var a = $('<h3>3</h3>').appendTo('h1');
console.log(a);
var b = $('<h3>3</h3>').appendTo('not_existing_element');
console.log(b);