Remove word from substring

Question

I've got a list of links that looks like this

How do I get jQuery to remove the string " (foo)" from the link text?

is it in the dom or a javascript array – Arun P Johny Apr 24 '13 at 04:46 — Arun P Johny, Apr 24 '13 at 04:46

Ram · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-24T04:52:13.853

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$('a:contains(foo)').text(function(_, currentText){
   return currentText.replace('foo', '');
});

edited Apr 24 '13 at 04:52

answered Apr 24 '13 at 04:47

Ram

@Derek朕會功夫 Well it's not a special keyword. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1661197/valid-characters-for-javascript-variable-names – Ram Apr 24 '13 at 05:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '13 at 05:33

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another alternative

$('li:nth-child(2)').replaceWith('<li>Item 2</li>');

answered Apr 24 '13 at 05:33

esorbma

2 Answers2