Hi,
this should work:
$("td:contains('comment')").each(function(){
$(this).text($(this).text().replace(/comment/, "vote"));
});
PS. if you want to prevent html entities being stripped out, then
use .html() instead:
$(this).html($(this).html().replace(/comment/, "vote"));
On Jun 5, 6:58 am, squint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to simply replace the word "comment" wherever it is in a
> particular
> table.
>
> Here's my jQuery attempt:
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
>
> $("td:contains('comment')").text("vote");
>
> });
>
> What this does though is replace all of the text in every cell that
> has the
> word "comment" in it with the word "vote".
>
> I just want to replace the word "comment" in every cell, not all of
> the text
> in every cell.
>
> Is there a way to do this with jQuery?
>
> I am doing this on a Confluence wiki if that makes any difference.
