jquery remove text partially

Question

Can i use jQuery to remove part of a text within a div.

Like so:

Published May 18th 2011 - Approuved - Expire May 18 th 2         


        
      

Answer 1

Try this:

$(".entry").html(function(i, htm){
   return htm.split("-")[0];
});

html() can also have a function passed on to it if you want to process the html inside a node and then reset it.

Here is a demo on jsfiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/nKJWn/