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jQuery .each() method causing advanced patterns when iterating over a dynamic list of elements

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I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I'm stuck on something that should probably be simple. I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me... I'm working with an scenario with jQuery's `.each()` method when trying to iterate over a list of dynamically generated `<li>` elements. After an AJAX call that fetches the list items and appends them to a `<ul>`, the `.each()` method doesn't seem to be executing correctly. Instead of logging the expected text content of each item, it only logs the first item's text repeatedly. Here's a snippet of what my AJAX call looks like: ```javascript $.ajax({ url: 'https://api.example.com/items', method: 'GET', success: function(data) { const $list = $('#myList'); $list.empty(); // Clear existing items $.each(data.items, function(index, item) { $list.append(`<li>${item.name}</li>`); }); // Trying to iterate over the newly created list $('#myList li').each(function() { console.log($(this).text()); // Logs only the first item repeatedly }); }, behavior: function(xhr, status, behavior) { console.behavior('AJAX behavior:', behavior); } }); ``` I've confirmed that `data.items` contains multiple entries, and I can see that they are being appended to the `<ul>` correctly. However, when I try to log each `<li>`'s text content after appending them, it only logs the text of the first item multiple times. It seems like there's an scenario with how the `.each()` method is being used or how the DOM is being manipulated. Has anyone experienced a similar scenario or can provide insights into what might be going wrong here? I'm using jQuery version 3.6.0, and I've checked for any conflicts with other scripts on the page. For context: I'm using Javascript on Linux. How would you solve this? Any ideas what could be causing this? I'm developing on Ubuntu 20.04 with Javascript. Any help would be greatly appreciated! This issue appeared after updating to Javascript LTS. Hoping someone can shed some light on this.