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HTML
<div id="myDiv" >some contents</div>
JavaScript
alert("About to assign desired html");
$('#myDiv').html('<h1>test</h1>');
alert($('#myDiv').html());
<div id="myDiv" >some contents</div>
alert("About to assign desired html");
$('#myDiv').html('<h1>test</h1>');
alert($('#myDiv').html());