jQuery: Find all the text nodes inside a paragraph and wrap them with an italic tag

Last update on May 30 2022 10:20:41 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Fundamental - II : Exercise-60

Find all the text nodes inside a paragraph and wrap them with an italic tag.

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<title>Find all the text nodes inside a paragraph and wrap them with a italic tag.</title>
</head>
<body>
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</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code :

$( "p" )
.contents()
.filter(function(){
return this.nodeType !== 1;
})
.wrap( "<i></i>" );

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