replaceChild jQuery equivalent

If what you want is to replace the inside:

$(this).empty().append('<p>replacement</p>')

If you want to use pure jQuery you can use the replaceWith method

$(this).replaceWith(newElem);

you can refer this link :

http://api.jquery.com/replaceWith/

You can try this

$(this).parent().get().replaceChild(newElem,this);

If $(this).parent() is unique on the page. (.get() gives you the DOM object)

If you want to use pure jQuery you can use the replaceWith method

$(this).replaceWith(newElem);

If you want to replace the elements inside the parent, do the following.

This is how to replace ALL children of an element:

$(this).children().replaceWith(<div>hello world</div>)

This is how to replace a specific child of an element by index:

$($(this).children()[3]).replaceWith(<div>hello world</div>)

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