JQuery | parseHTML() method

Last Updated : 27 Apr, 2020

This parseHTML() Method in jQuery is used to parses a string into an array of DOM nodes.

Syntax:

jQuery.parseHTML(data [, context ] [, keepScripts ])

Parameters: The parseXML() method accepts three parameter that is mentioned above and described below:

data: This parameter is the HTML string to be parsed.
context : This parameter is the document element to serve as the context in which the HTML fragment will be created.
keepScripts : This parameter is the boolean indicating whether to include scripts passed in the HTML string.

Return Value:

Example 1: In this example, the parseHTML() Method a string is parsed into an array of DOM nodes.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>JQuery | parseHTML() method</title>  
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script> 
  
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;">  
      
    <h1 style="color: green">  
        GeeksForGeeks  
    </h1>  
      
    <h3>JQuery | parseHTML() method</h3> 
    <pre id="geek"> 
    </pre> 
       
    <script> 
        var $geek = $( "#geek" ), 
          str = "A <b>computer science portal</b> for <b>geeks</b>", 
          html = jQuery.parseHTML( str ), 
          nodeNames = []; 
           
        $geek.append( html ); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>                                                                                 

Output:

Example 2: In this example, the parseHTML() Method create an array of DOM nodes using an HTML string and insert it into a div.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<head> 
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>JQuery | parseHTML() method</title>  
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.js"></script> 
  
</head> 
<body style="text-align:center;">  
      
    <h1 style="color: green">  
        GeeksForGeeks  
    </h1>  
      
    <h3>JQuery | parseHTML() method</h3> 
    <div id="geek"> 
    </div> 
       
    <script> 
        var $geek = $( "#geek" ), 
          str = "A <b>computer science portal</b> for <b>geeks</b>", 
          html = jQuery.parseHTML( str ), 
          nodeNames = []; 
           
        $geek.append( html ); 
           
        $.each( html, function( i, el ) { 
          nodeNames[ i ] = "<li>" + el.nodeName + "</li>"; 
        }); 
           
        $geek.append( "<h3>Node Names:</h3>" ); 
        $( "<b></b>" ) 
          .append( nodeNames.join( "" ) ) 
          .appendTo( $geek ); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>                             