Span manipulation in jQuery

Question

Can you please explain the term "span manipulation: in jQuery and give a small example?

Answer 1

I am just giving an example for span manipulation

   <span class="test">hello world</span>

$('.test').click(function() {
$(this).text("Rajasekhar"); // this will update hello world to rajasekhar
});

$('.test').text(); // gives you hello world