jQuery Removing specific text from an element

Question

I want to remove the text \"By:\" from an element in my website. I want the rest of the text to remain there. How can I achieve that with jQuery? Thank you.

The HTML

Answer 1

var str = $("#text").text();
$("#text").text(str.substring(3));

By: Anonymous From Minnesota

Using javascript's substring and give your div an ID to access it easily:

html:

By: Anonymous From Minnesota

jquery:

var str = $("#text").text();
$("#text").text(str.substring(3));

You could do it in one line too:

$("#text").text($("#text").text().substring(3));