JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by chovy
HTML
<div></div>
JavaScript
var htm = (
'<span class="foo">foo</span>' +
'<span>bar</span>' +
'<span>bar</span>' +
'<span>bar</span>' +
'<span>bar</span>'
);
var $el = $("div").append(htm);
console.log($el.html());
$el.find('.foo').remove();
console.log($el.html());