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HTML
<table>
<tr>
<td id='test'>
Hello
<a href='foo.html'>JS</a>
<noindex>Map</noindex>
Take me
<div>nice</div>
Skip me
</td>
</tr>
</table>
JavaScript
$('#test').contents().filter(function() {
return this.nodeType == 3 && $.trim(this.data) == 'Take me';
})[0].data = 'MATCHED!';