Disappearing paragraphs after jQuery excecution

[narek]

Hello . Please help me .Here is the code

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js" ></script>
<p class="book">11111</p>
<p class="book">2222</p>
<p class="book">3333</p>
<p class="book">4444</p>
<p class="book">5555</p>




<script type="text/javascript">
$(function(){
document.write($("p").length);

});

</script>

and it outputs only 5 and none of the paragraphs...WHY???

[thesam101]

Hi narek

document.write is ovewriting the paragraphs.

add the value in to the page, a different way.

Use innerHTML or set the value of a texbox.

[VIPStephan]

Yeah, don’t use document.write, that’s very outdated and bad practice. With jQuery it’s soooo easy to append content, why are you using document.write anyway? Just write:

$('body').append($('<div>', {text: $("p").length}));

… or something like this.