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var string = "<div>OutterDiv<div>InnerDiv<span id='mySpan'>This is a span</span></div></div>";

// bad
var arrayOfDomNodes = $.parseHTML(string); // return array of DOM Nodes
// arrayOfDomNodes.find("#ySpan") // error: find is not a function


// good - Right way to convert html string to jQuery object
var jqueryObject = $($.parseHTML(string));
alert(jqueryObject.find("#mySpan").html());