Append a space with jQuery

I'm trying to append a space using jQuery. Neither of these samples work:

 $("#mySelector").append($(" ")); $("#mySelector").append($(" "));

Any ideas?

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5 Answers

How about

$("#mySelector").append(" "); // or with & nbsp;

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In my case I did the following:

$('.colwid10a').each(function () { if ($(this).is(':empty')) { $(this).append(" "); }
});
$('.colwid12').each(function () { if ($(this).find('a').is(':empty')) { $(this).find('a').append(" "); }
});

You could also use '\xa0', it is a non break space character.

$("#mySelector").append('\xa0');

And, create a JQuery Plugin function to reuse it whenever you need to put space. This way you will be consistent throughout.

if(!$.space) { $.space = function​(noOfSpaces) { var space = " ", returnValue = ""; for(var index=0; index < noOfSpaces; index++) { returnValue += space; } return returnValue; } }
alert("Stack" + $.space(6) + "Overflow");

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Untested (and probably a bit overkill):

$("").append($("<p> </p>").text());

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