how to use the DOM to replace any element with a new element code example

Example 1: javascript replace element

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
  <div>
    <a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">StackOverflow</a>
  </div>
<script type="text/JavaScript">
  var myAnchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
  var mySpan = document.createElement("span");
  mySpan.innerHTML = "replaced anchor!";
  myAnchor.parentNode.replaceChild(mySpan, myAnchor);
</script>
</body>
</html>

Example 2: javascript replace element

// select the element that will be replaced
	var el = document.querySelector('div');
	
	// <a href="/javascript/manipulation/creating-a-dom-element-51/">create a new element</a> that will take the place of "el"
	var newEl = document.createElement('p');
	newEl.innerHTML = '<b>Hello World!</b>';
	
	// replace el with newEL
	el.parentNode.replaceChild(newEl, el);

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