[jQuery] changing content for span tag on the fly

[Bhaarat Sharma]

Hi

Can someone please tell me how i can change the text between span tags
on the fly using jQuery

I have tag like this

<span id="scrollStats" style="font-size: 70%; width: 80px;  text-
align: center; position: absolute; bottom: 392px; left: 15px;"></span>

i have tried these but none seem to work

$("#scrollStats").val("im here!!");

$("#scrollStats").setText("works?");

Thanks!