Get all elements without child node in jQuery

Question

I need to select elements without child node (including text since in

text is a child node).

I used empty, but it also consider

Answer 1

Try this

$("span").each(function(){
if($(this).text().trim()=='')
$(this).text('Empty');
});

If you don't like each function then

$("span").html(function(){
if($(this).text().trim()=='')
return 'Empty';
});