gistfile1.txt

        $('#indexList').children().click(function () {
            // get the id of the clicked object
            var myIndex = $(this).attr('id');
            // pass the id into custom function which will return the index of the item
            var itemIndex = getIndexOfItemInList(myIndex);
            
            // alert is displaying the item index
            alert(itemIndex);
            
            // THIS IS NOT WORKING
            $('#itemResult').text('The index of the item is: ' + itemIndex);
        });
        
        <!-- HTML SNIPPET-->
        
        <p id="#itemResult">something</p>