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I answer this question on Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/q/6497039/80111) and recommended the .next() function, however someone else recommended the + plus operator (is that the right term), just checking performance of each.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="abc">
<p></p>
 

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$('#abc').next().html('hello');

$('#abc + p').html('hello');

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• Revision 1: published by Ben Everard on 27th June 2011
• Revision 2: published by Ben Everard on 28th June 2011

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