not sure why this doesn't work , but would like to know. When i place either individually they both produce the desired results , but i want to combine
var getHTML = $(data).find('.report tbody td');
$('div').html(getHTML + '<td>AddThis</td>');
this works
$('div').html(getHTML);
or this works , but not both combined
$('div').html('<td>AddThis</td>');
var getHTML = $(data).find('.report tbody td').html();- in your code getHTML is an object, so works on its own, but when combined it becomes"[Object object]<tdAndThis</td>"