Getting text from <td> element using jQuery

Question

if (document.getElementById("td1").innerHTML == "word"){
      $("td:first").html("another word");
}

I just want to check if this have this text .

Answer 1

$("#td1:contains('word')").html("another word");

Test

Answer 2

You mean

if($('#td1').text() === "word"){
   $("td:first").html("another word");
}

this matches <div id=td1>word</div>