First Word in String with jquery

Question

I\'m trying to figure out function that will help me wrap first word in string into span.

But unfortunately no luck.

Can anyone help me please?

Many

Answer 1

var first;
var i=0;
$("p").each(function() {
first = $("p")[i].innerHTML;
$("p")[i].innerHTML = "" + first.slice(0, first.indexOf(' ')) + "" + first.slice(first.indexOf(' '));
i++;
});