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$(document).ready(function () {
    $(document).on('click', '#getHtml', function (event) {
      var content=$(".test").html();
        alert(content);
    });
});

<h1>Jquery html() to get value</h1>
<div class="test">
    This is text inside div with class test
</div>
<input type="submit" value="get Html" id="getHtml" />