What does the dojo.query() return?

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I'm just getting started with dojo, and I've understood that `dojo.query` is the same as `$` in jQuery. But I haven't figured out what it returns. Is it a specialized object like in jQuery? What I'm trying to do (with no luck) is: ``` dojo.query("output").innerHTML = data; //this doesn't work either: dojo.query("output").html(data); //tried accessing by id as well dojo.query("#output").html(data); //and tried to access a div, incase dojo has some issues with html5 elements dojo.query("#divOutput").html(data); ``` And I'm currently using the new html5 elements: ``` Output goes here

non-html5 output goes here

``` And I can't seem to find a good list on what to do with objects returned by `dojo.query()`.. edit: Okay, I think dojo is just messing with me now. I found this method: `addContent()` and that works on the above selector. But I don't want to add content, I want to replace content...

Accepted Answer

The query method returns a NodeList object.

In the ref for NodeList you can find a list of functions that you can apply to the list of elements. There is no innerHTML function for the list, but the html function should work.

There is no "output" element in HTML, perhaps you try to target elements with the class name "output"?

```
dojo.query(".output").html(data)
```

Or the element with id "output"?

```
dojo.query("#output").html(data)
```

What does the dojo.query() return?

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