mark part of string with given jQuery element by RegExp

gistfile1.js

/**
 * @param query {RegExp} required
 * @param wrapElement {jQuery} required
 **/
$.fn.markTextByRegExp = function(query,wrapElement){
	var REtag = '<\\/?[^>]+?\\/?>';
	var REtagDivider = new RegExp(REtag+'|[^<>]*','gi');
	return this.each(function(){
		var elem = $(this);

		var srcs = elem.html().match(REtagDivider);
		for(var i=0,l=srcs.length;i<l;i++){
			var obj = srcs[i];
			if(!RegExp(REtag).test(obj)){
				srcs[i] = obj.replace(query,function(matched){
					return $('<div />').append(wrapElement.html(matched)).html();
				})
			}
		}
		elem.html(srcs.join(''));
	})
}