Change the color of a text in div using jquery contains

Question

Here the whole text inside the div get\'s red color. but I need only the \"bar\" word color to be changed

Answer 1

You can use this way :

       $(document).ready(function(){
               //  $("#foo:contains('bar')").css('color','red');
               var text = 'bar' ;
               var  context = $("#foo").html();
               $("#foo").html(context.replace(text,''+text+''));
        });