Jquery replacing text inside html

Question

Is there a more elegant way replacing a text inside an html element than :

$el = $("#myDiv");
$el.html( $el.html().replace("something", "something new") );

Answer 1

you can try

e1.html(function(i,oldHtml){
     return oldhtml.replace("something", "something new");
}

its different but not sure about elegance.

Answer 2

If I understand:

oldText = $('#myDiv').html();
$('#myDiv').html( oldText.replace('something','something new') );

http://jsfiddle.net/wmgBN/

Answer 3

there is nothing more elegant than the example you wrote! Check this exmple http://blog.chapagain.com.np/jquery-how-to-replace-string-div-content-and-image-src/

Answer 4

$('#myDiv').html(function(index, oldhtml) {
    return oldhtml.replace('something', 'something new');
});