You could do it with: $('span.email').html().replace('[monkeytail]', '@');
And you probably also need: $('span.email').html().replace('[dot]', '.'); On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:26 AM, IschaGast <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have this: <span class="email">contact [monkeytail] yabadabadoo > [dot] .com</span> > Now I want to replace the text [monkeytail] with some other text. > > Is there a simple solution that I can get the monkeytail text and > replace it with something else? > -- Isaak Malik Web Developer