How to hide text in a string

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I am looking for a way to hide words in a string via their position so reg ex will not work. Is there a easy way as I do not have access to the template files so I can not alter span wrapping or add classes ect to the document.

I would like to hide the "by Salutions" text. This text will change to who the author is so as I said regular expressions will not work, but the position of the words will be identical.

Here is a snippet in question.

<p class="p-meta"><span>In <a href="http://www.domain here" title="View all posts in: &ldquo;People&rdquo;"> People</a> by Salutions</span><span><time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-12-05T13:01:18+00:00">December 5, 2014</time></span></p>

Thanks for your time!

"text will change to who the author is so as I said regular expressions will not work" that's exactly what regular expressions are good at — atmd
– atmd, Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 12:02
I will have over 30 different names posting articles, also the names will change frequently that's why I was thinking against reg ex. — user2225702
– user2225702, Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 12:09
@OP - That makes no sense, you don't need to specify each author, regular expressions have wildcards for a reason. — anothershrubery
– anothershrubery, Commented Jan 20, 2015 at 12:13

A. Wolff · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-20 12:07:30Z

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If always at same index, you can use:

$('p.p-meta span:first').contents().eq(2).remove();

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answered Jan 20, 2015 at 12:07

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charliebrownie · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-20 12:12:09Z

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Here's my solution to adding dynamically an author's name:

<p class="p-meta">
    <span>In 
        <a href="http://www.domain here" title="View all posts in: &ldquo;People&rdquo;"> 
            People
        </a> by <span id="owner"></span>
    </span>
    <span>
        <time class="entry-date" datetime="2014-12-05T13:01:18+00:00">
            December 5, 2014</time>
    </span>
</p>

By using this function, the author's name would be added to that HTML:

function addOwner(owner) {
    $( '#owner' ).text( owner );
}

I've created a JSFiddle.

answered Jan 20, 2015 at 12:12

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