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HTML
<p id="target">
<span><sup>$</sup>50</span>
</p>
JavaScript
var a = $('#target span').text();
var b = a.split('$');
alert(b[1]);
<p id="target">
<span><sup>$</sup>50</span>
</p>
var a = $('#target span').text();
var b = a.split('$');
alert(b[1]);