how to get value of a div in jQuery

Question

I have this sample code but why is messageA always null?

var test = "<div id='message2'>My Message 2</div>"

var $response1 = $('<div/>').html(test);
var messageA = $('#message1', $response1).html();
alert ('message: ' + messageA);

it should come back as 'My Message 2'

Answer 1

bah...cant close a question but i see the mistake.

id = message2 not message1 :(

Answer 2

try changing "#message1" to "#message2"...