How do I change the text of a span element using JavaScript?

Question

If I have a span, say:

 hereismytext 

How do I use JavaScript to change "hereism

Answer 1

In addition to the pure javascript answers above, You can use jQuery text method as following:

$('#myspan').text('newtext');

If you need to extend the answer to get/change html content of a span or div elements, you can do this:

$('#mydiv').html('new text');

References:

.text(): http://api.jquery.com/text/

.html(): http://api.jquery.com/html/