Replace text with jQuery [with examples] | jquery change html text
ToreplacethetextofanyelementusingjQueryusethetextfunctiontogetherwiththereplacefunctionofJavaScript.Forexample:$("#element").text($("#element").text().replace("Hi","Bye"));.Heresthestepbystepprocess:Findandselecttheelementcontainingthetext.UsethejQuerytextfunctiontogetitstext.Replacethetextusingreplace.Passtheresultofthisprocesstothetextfunctiontothesameelement.Thereplace()admitstwoparameters.Thefirstisthevaluewewanttoreplace(ortheregularexpression)andthesecondisthenewstringthatwillreplaceit...
To replace the text of any element using jQuery use the text function together with the replace function of JavaScript. For example: $("#element").text($("#element").text().replace("Hi", "Bye"));.
Heres the step by step process:
Find and select the element containing the text. Use the jQuery text function to get its text. Replace the text using replace. Pass the result of this process to the text function to the same element.The replace() admits two parameters. The first is the value we want to replace (or the regular expression) and the second is the new string that will replace it. It returns the new generated string.
Lets say we have a string saying "Hi Paul" and we want to replace it for "Bye Paul".
We can do it all in a single line like this:
$("#element").text($("#element").text().replace("Hi", "Bye"));If that looks a bit confusing to you, we can split it in multiple lines to make it easier to read:
const element = $("#el...