First word selector

Question

How can I select the first word in a div?

I need to be able to insert a line break after the first word, or wrap it in a span tag. I need to do this for multiple di

Answer 1

/*
URL → https://github.com/melbon/jquery.useWord
*/
$.fn.lastWord = function() {
  var text = this.text().trim().split(" ");
  var last = text.pop();
  this.html(text.join(" ") + (text.length > 0 ? " <span class='lastWord'>" + last + "</span>" : last));
};


$.fn.firstWord = function() {
  var text = this.text().trim().split(" ");
  var first = text.shift();
  this.html((text.length > 0 ? "<span class='firstWord'>"+ first + "</span> " : first) + text.join(" "));
};


$("#firstWord").firstWord();
$("#lastWord").lastWord();