jQuery if div contains this text, replace that part of the text

Question

Like the title says, I want to replace a specific part of the text in a div.

The structure looks like this:

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Answer 1

If it's possible, you could wrap the word(s) you want to replace in a span tag, like so:

    This div contains some text.

You can then easily change its contents with jQuery:

$('.text_div > span').text('hello everyone');

If you can't wrap it in a span tag, you could use regular expressions.