JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Roko

HTML

<div id="parent">
    Get this
    <span>Ignore this</span>
    <p>Get this paragraph</p>
    <div class="footer">Ignore this</div>
</div>

JavaScript

$.fn.ignore = function(sel){
  return this.clone().find(sel||">*").remove().end();
};

var ignoreSpanAndFooter = $("#parent").ignore("span, .footer").html();
console.log(ignoreSpanAndFooter);