Wrap Each * on a Page Using jQuery

Question

I need to wrap each asterisks on a page with . The few things I\'ve tried don\'t work. I think what this boils down to is

Answer 1

Without using jQuery so it might be a little faster, and definitely not dependent on libs:

(function(str,e){
    var regex = new RegExp(str, 'gi');
    e.innerHTML = e.innerHTML.replace(regex, '*');
})('*',document.body);