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Replace element's tag name with another tag name using jQuery
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replace-tag.js
function replaceElementTag(targetSelector, newTagString) {
$(targetSelector).each(function(){
var newElem = $(newTagString, {html: $(this).html()});
$.each(this.attributes, function() {
newElem.attr(this.name, this.value);
});
$(this).replaceWith(newElem);
});
}
replaceElementTag('span', '<div></div>');
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