{"id":33567,"date":"2023-02-10T08:28:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-jquery-find-a-word-in-a-string-and-wrap-it-with-tag\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T08:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T02:58:06","slug":"solved-jquery-find-a-word-in-a-string-and-wrap-it-with-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-jquery-find-a-word-in-a-string-and-wrap-it-with-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Jquery &#8211; Find a word in a string and wrap it with  tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-38376552\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"38376552\" data-parentid=\"38376287\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>You need to do this :<\/p>\n<pre><code>    var txt = textDiv.replace(new RegExp(searchInput, 'gi'), function(str) {\n      return \"&lt;span class=\"highlight\"&gt;\" + str + \"&lt;\/span&gt;\"\n    });\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<pre><code>var txt = textDiv.replace(\n                  new RegExp(searchInput, 'gi'), \n                  \"&lt;span class=\"highlight\"&gt;$&amp;&lt;\/span&gt;\");\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><code>gi<\/code> <code>-&gt;<\/code> all case insensitive matching text<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"snippet\" data-lang=\"js\" data-hide=\"false\" data-console=\"true\" data-babel=\"false\">\n<div class=\"snippet-code\">\n<pre class=\"snippet-code-js lang-js prettyprint-override\"><code>$(document).ready(function() {\r\n  \/\/ globals\r\n  var searchInput;\r\n  var textDiv;\r\n\r\n  $('.searchBtn').click(function(event) {\r\n\r\n    event.preventDefault();\r\n\r\n    \/\/ set the values of the search and the text\r\n    searchInput = $('.searchInput').val();\r\n    textDiv = $('.textDiv').text();\r\n    var reg = new RegExp(searchInput, 'gi');\r\n    var txt = textDiv.replace(reg, function(str) {\r\n      return \"&lt;span class=\"highlight\"&gt;\" + str + \"&lt;\/span&gt;\"\r\n    });\r\n    $('.textDiv').html(txt);\r\n  });\r\n});<\/code><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"snippet-code-css lang-css prettyprint-override\"><code>.textDiv {\r\n  height: 100px;\r\n  width: 500px;\r\n  text-align: center;\r\n  padding: 20px;\r\n  margin: 0 auto;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.highlight {\r\n  background: yellow;\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<pre class=\"snippet-code-html lang-html prettyprint-override\"><code>&lt;script src=\"https:\/\/ajax.googleapis.com\/ajax\/libs\/jquery\/1.11.1\/jquery.min.js\"&gt;&lt;\/script&gt;\r\n&lt;div class=\"container\"&gt;\r\n  &lt;div class=\"main\"&gt;\r\n    &lt;div class=\"searchDiv\"&gt;\r\n      &lt;h3&gt; Mask A Word In The Text: &lt;\/h3&gt;\r\n      &lt;label&gt;\r\n        &lt;input class=\"searchInput\" type=\"text\" value = \"iS\"\/&gt; &lt;\/label&gt;\r\n      &lt;button class=\"searchBtn\" type=\"button\"&gt; Search &lt;\/button&gt;\r\n    &lt;\/div&gt;\r\n\r\n    &lt;div class=\"textDiv\"&gt;\r\n      Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the French National Day, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La f\u00eate nationale (French pronunciation: \u200b[la f\u025b\u02d0t nasj\u0254nal]; The National Celebration) IS Is\r\n      and commonly Le quatorze juillet. (French pronunciation: \u200b[l\u0259 kat\u0254\u0281z(\u0259) \u0292\u0265ij\u025b]; the fourteenth of July).\r\n    &lt;\/div&gt;\r\n  &lt;\/div&gt;\r\n&lt;\/div&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">4<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Jquery &#8211; Find a word in a string and wrap it with <span> tag <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] You need to do this : var txt = textDiv.replace(new RegExp(searchInput, &#8216;gi&#8217;), function(str) { return &#8220;&lt;span class=&#8221;highlight&#8221;&gt;&#8221; + str + &#8220;&lt;\/span&gt;&#8221; }); or var txt = textDiv.replace( new RegExp(searchInput, &#8216;gi&#8217;), &#8220;&lt;span class=&#8221;highlight&#8221;&gt;$&amp;&lt;\/span&gt;&#8221;); gi -&gt; all case insensitive matching text $(document).ready(function() { \/\/ globals var searchInput; var textDiv; $(&#8216;.searchBtn&#8217;).click(function(event) { event.preventDefault(); \/\/ set the values &#8230; <a title=\"[Solved] Jquery &#8211; Find a word in a string and wrap it with  tag\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-jquery-find-a-word-in-a-string-and-wrap-it-with-tag\/\" aria-label=\"More on [Solved] Jquery &#8211; Find a word in a string and wrap it with  tag\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320],"tags":[3109,333,388,362],"class_list":["post-33567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-solved","tag-indexof","tag-javascript","tag-jquery","tag-string"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Solved] Jquery - Find a word in a string and wrap it with tag - JassWeb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-jquery-find-a-word-in-a-string-and-wrap-it-with-tag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[Solved] Jquery - Find a word in a string and wrap it with tag - JassWeb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[ad_1] You need to do this : var txt = textDiv.replace(new RegExp(searchInput, &#039;gi&#039;), function(str) { return &quot;&lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;&quot; + str + &quot;&lt;\/span&gt;&quot; }); or var txt = textDiv.replace( new RegExp(searchInput, &#039;gi&#039;), &quot;&lt;span class=&quot;highlight&quot;&gt;$&amp;&lt;\/span&gt;&quot;); gi -&gt; all case insensitive matching text $(document).ready(function() { \/\/ globals var searchInput; var textDiv; $(&#039;.searchBtn&#039;).click(function(event) { event.preventDefault(); \/\/ set the values ... 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