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1. How do I use Javascript to modify the content of a node?    stackoverflow.com

I need to use Javascript to do three things:

1. Select all nodes with a class of "foo".
2. Find all words inside these nodes that begin with "*".
3. Surround those words with <span class="xyz"> ... ...

2. How to modify regex for phone numbers and accept only digits    stackoverflow.com

I have this following regex method for the jquery validate plugin.

jQuery.validator.addMethod("phoneUS", function(phone_number, element) {
    phone_number = phone_number.replace(/\s+/g, ""); 
    return this.optional(element) || phone_number.length > 9 ...

3. regex + jquery - modify text    stackoverflow.com

<span id="one"><a id="google" href="google.com/">link1</a></span> <br />
<span id="two"><a id="yahoo" href="yahoo.com/">link2</a></span>

<br />
<br />
<span class="click" id=1>click one</span> <br />
<span class="click" id=2>click two</span> <br />
<span class="click" id=3>click three</span> <br />

$(".click").live('click', function() {    ...