Question

I would like to replace div tags for p tags but only when the div tag does not have a class.

So this:

<div class="myDiv">
   <div>sdfglkhj sdfgkhl sdfkhgl sdf</div>
   <div>dsf osdfghjksdfg hsdfg</div>
</div>

Would become:

<div class="myDiv">
   <p>sdfglkhj sdfgkhl sdfkhgl sdf</p>
   <p>dsf osdfghjksdfg hsdfg</p>
</div>

I’ve tried .replace("<div>", "<p>").replace("</div>","</p>") but this replaces the closing tag of the one with a class.

Answer 1

This can easily be done with jQuery using the :not() selector and .unwrap() .wrap()

$('div:not([class])').contents().unwrap().wrap('<p/>');

http://jsfiddle.net/matthewbj/ujLHk/