How to find element in html string jqueryUse parseHTML from jquery 1.8 and abovehttps://api.jquery.com/category/version/1.8/var str = '<div id="div1">div one</div><div id="div2">div two</div>';var html = $.parseHTML(str);alert($(html).filter('#div1').text()); http://api.jquery.com/filter/