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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id='qqq'><span>123</span></div>
<div class="content" ></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$('.content').text($('<div/>').append($('#qqq').clone()).html())
alert($('.content').text());
</script>
</body>
</html>