How to replace part of a string with an html tag?

Question

How to replace part of a string with html tag in jQuery?
Say, for example, <div>Who am i</div> should be <div><b>Who</b> am i</div> .

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Satya Mar 28 '13 at 4:47

2 answers

use .html() for jquery

 $("div").html("<b>Who</b> am i")

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Cris Mar 28 '13 at 4:48

undefined · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-28T04:51:26+0000

You can use the html callback function and the replace method.

 $('div').html(function(_, oldHTML){ return oldHTML.replace(/(\w+)/, '<b>$1</b>'); // return oldHTML.replace('Who', '<b>Who</b>'); })