Assign text value to DIV
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ var input = $("form input:text"); $("div").text("For this type jQuery found " + input.length + "."); }); </script> </head> <body> <form> <input type="text" /> </form> <div></div> </body> </html>