JQuery change inner text but preserve html

Question

I would like to change the text of a HTML element but preserve the rest of the inner html with jQuery.

For instance:

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Answer 1

Shorthand for more elements and leading text to change:

elemshtml = '';
$("a *").each(function(){elemshtml +=$(this)[0].outerHTML});
$("a").html('Some text' + elemshtml);