Question

I’m trying to create a script that iterates through a paragraph with several sentences of text and inserts a li tag at the start and at the end of each sentence. Is this possible?

So, turning this paragraph

<p>
   Give your work the edge with this pencil. Awesome design, and chunky gold finish. Get the look. 
</p>

into this unordered list

<p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      Give your work the edge with this pencil.
    </li> 
    <li>
      Awesome design, and chunky gold finish. 
    </li>
    <li>
      Get the look. 
    </li>
  </ul>
</p>

Answer 1

$('p').each(function() {
  var $par = $(this),
      theText = $par.text().split('. ');
  $par.text('');
  $.each(theText, function(i, item) {
    if ($.trim(item).length > 0)
      $par.append('<li>' + item + '</li>');
  });
});

Untested, but you get the idea. Split, then run through the array, wrapping in your tags.