jQuery find and replace string

Question

I have somewhere on website a specific text, let\'s say \"lollypops\", and I want to replace all the occurrences of this string with \"marshmellows\". The problem is that I

Answer 1

You could do something this way:

$(document.body).find('*').each(function() {
    if($(this).hasClass('lollypops')){ //class replacing..many ways to do this :)
        $(this).removeClass('lollypops');
        $(this).addClass('marshmellows');
    }
    var tmp = $(this).children().remove(); //removing and saving children to a tmp obj
    var text = $(this).text(); //getting just current node text
    text = text.replace(/lollypops/g, "marshmellows"); //replacing every lollypops occurence with marshmellows
    $(this).text(text); //setting text
    $(this).append(tmp); //re-append 'foundlings'
});

example: http://jsfiddle.net/steweb/MhQZD/