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after( content )

Insert content after each of the matched elements.
Arguments:
contentString, Element, jQuery
Content to insert after each target.

Examples:
Inserts some HTML after all paragraphs.

$("p").after("<b>Hello</b>");


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").after("<b>Hello</b>");
  });
  </script>
  <style>p { background:yellow; }</style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>I would like to say: </p>
</body>
</html>

Inserts a DOM element after all paragraphs.

$("p").after( document.createTextNode("Hello") );


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").after( document.createTextNode("Hello") );
  });
  </script>
  <style>p { background:yellow; }</style>
</head>
<body>
  <p>I would like to say: </p>
</body>
</html>

Inserts a jQuery object (similar to an Array of DOM Elements) after all paragraphs.

$("p").after( $("b") );


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" 
                    "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
  <script src="../jquery-latest.js"></script>
  
  <script>
  $(document).ready(function(){
    $("p").after( $("b") );
  });
  </script>
  <style>p { background:yellow; }</style>
</head>
<body>
  <b>Hello</b>
  <p>I would like to say: </p>
</body>
</html>

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