<div > <p> First paragraph</p> </div> <div > <p> Second paragraph</p> </div> Output of text() method : <p id="outputtext"> </p> Output of html() method : <p id="outputhtml"> </p>
var str1 = $('div').text();
$('#outputtext').text(str1);
var str2 = $('div').html();
$('#outputhtml').text(str2);