How to split a string at the first `/` (slash) and surround part of it in a ``?

Question

I want to format this date:

23/05/2013

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First I want to split the string at the first / and have the res

Answer 1

Try this

$("div#date").text().trim().replace(/\W/g,'/');

DEMO

Look a regular expression http://regexone.com/lesson/misc_meta_characters

enjoy us ;-)