Comparing innerHTML with jQuery

Question

I have this setup:

var htmlOne = "$('.class1').children('.username').html()";
var htmlTwo = "$('.class2').html()";
if(htmlTwo *= htmlOne)
{stuff};

It is supposed to see if the inner html of htmlTwo matches the inner html of htmlOne in some way. Is this set up right?

Answer 1

it should be assigned without double quotes

var htmlOne = $('.class1').children('.username').html();
var htmlTwo = $('.class2').html();

if(htmlTwo == htmlOne) {
   //stuff
};

Answer 2

Can you try this,

var htmlOne = new String(htmlOne);
var htmlTwo = new String(htmlTwo);

if(htmlOne==htmlTwo){


}