How to change only text node in element

Question

I have next html:

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  Name

And I want to chang

Answer 1

Evans solution added to jquery fn to make it's use comfortable:

// get/change node content not children
jQuery.fn.content = function( n ){
    var o = $(this).clone();
    var c = o.children().remove();
    if (typeof n === "string" ){
        o.html(n);
        $(this).html(c).append(n);
    }
    return o.html();
}

Usage :$('myselector').content('NewContentString');