jquery remove text partially

Question

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

Like so:

<div class="entry">
Published May 18th 2011 - Approuved - Expire May 18 th 2012<br>Source: SuperSite
</div>

I would like to remove Approuved - Expire May 18 th 2012

So the result would be:

 <div class="entry">
    Published May 18th 2011 <br>Source: SuperSite
    </div>

Answer 1

You can use jquery to select your element/html, but javascript has a builtin function replace that will do what you need:

$('div.entry').html($('div.entry')
                          .html()
                          .replace('Approuved - Expire May 18 th 2012', ''))

Or using RegExp:

If what you want to replace starts always with Approuved - Expire:

$('div.entry').html($('div.entry')
                          .html()
                          .replace(/Approuved - Expire[^<]*/, ''))