How to get html of matched element in jquery

Question

I have this html

<div id"test123">
dasd'asdasd

</div>

I want the content of that div box with "<div id="test123">" itself as well not just innerhtml

I tried $('#test123').html()

But it only gave me inner html

Answer 1

Doesn't seem to be an easy way in the box.

http://brandonaaron.net/blog/2007/06/17/jquery-snippets-outerhtml/

Answer 2

var div = $('#test123').eq(0);
console.log(div);

Answer 3

Pretty gnarly, but it gets the job done:

$('<div />').append($('#test123').clone()).html();