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exizt88 on Jan 30, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: You might not need jQuery

What?

> $('<div>').append($(el).clone()).html()

vs

> el.outerHTML

Why not $(el)[0].outerHTML?

zabraxias on Jan 30, 2014 [–]

What if $(el).length === 0?

exizt88 on Jan 30, 2014 | [–]

This check is required in both cases. el.outerHTML assumes that el is not NULL (which it could be as a result of getElementById, for example).

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