Question

$(document).ready( $("#machType").each(function() {$(this).replace('machine1 (windows)', 'Windows Machine 1');})); ";
Is that snippet above correct for changing the content of a span? (enclosed in tags of course)

Assuming I have the machType‘s

<span id="machType">Machine 1 (windows)</span></span id="machType">Machine 2 (windows)

Answer 1

Something like this should help (give each span a class of machType):

$(document).ready(function () {
    $(".machType").each(function () {
        $(this).text($(this).text().replace(/Machine (\d+) \((.*)\)/, function (full, num, os) {
            return [os[0].toUpperCase(), os.substring(1), " Machine ", num].join("");
        }));
    });
});