Parse HTML with jquery

Question

suppose in a variable html is saved like

var vhtm="<div><div id='test'>zebra</div><div id='foo'>here is my many other html content</div></div>";

i want to parse the above html stored in variable with the help of jquery. i need to extract a particular div by id and including its content. the return result would like

<div id='foo'>here is my many other html content</div>

so i need to find div by id like id='foo'

please help me how to parse the above like jquery.

Answer 1

try something like this :

$(vhtml).find('#foo');