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 do like this.

$(document).ready(function(){
    var matchingTest = 'demo';
    $("#container:contains("+matchingTest+")").each(function () {
	    $(this).html($(this).html().replace(matchingTest, ""+matchingTest+""));
    });
});

.red{
  background:#eada93;
}

  Hello this is a demo contents.