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How do you check if an element exists or not in jQuery?

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How do you check if an element exists or not in jQuery?
posted Jul 8, 2015 by Shivaranjini

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Use the .length property of the jQuery collection returned by your selector:

if ( $( "#myDiv" ).length ) {

    $( "#myDiv" ).show();

}

Note that it isn't always necessary to test whether an element exists. The following code will show the element if it exists, and do nothing (with no errors) if it does not:

$( "#myDiv" ).show();
answer Jul 8, 2015 by Vrije Mani Upadhyay
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