How to unwrap text using jQuery?

Question

How to unwrap a text from a HTML tag using jQUery?

For instance, how to transform this HTML

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Answer 1

I think relying solely on jQuery in this case needlessly complicates things. It would be easier to use the replace method which accepts either a normal string or a regular expression.

Using regex is generally the way to go in this case, because you want multiple substitutions which have roughly the same pattern.