In jquery what does $('<div></div>') do?
<p>I was implementing a jqueryui modal dialog box and a <a href="http://blog.nemikor.com/2009/04/08/basic-usage-of-the-jquery-ui-dialog/" rel="nofollow">related blog</a> showed a way of implementing it that worked but I don't understand what <code>$("&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;")</code> is actually doing. Is this creating a blank div element to use? Is this a safe way of implementing this?</p>
