JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by arvind07
HTML
<span class="a"> Contents <span class="b">Herp</span><br></span>
JavaScript
var c = $('.a').find('.b').remove().end().find('br').remove().end().html();
alert(c)
by arvind07
<span class="a"> Contents <span class="b">Herp</span><br></span>
var c = $('.a').find('.b').remove().end().find('br').remove().end().html();
alert(c)