How to change the text of a label?

I was having the same problem because i was using

$("#LabelID").val("some value");

I learned that you can either use the provisional jquery method to clear it first then append:

$("#LabelID").empty();
$("#LabelID").append("some Text");

Or conventionaly, you could use:

$("#LabelID").text("some value");

OR

$("#LabelID").html("some value");