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JavaScript

var d = "<table>\
   <tr>\
       <td>some data I don't want.</td>\
       <td>\
       <table><tr><td>more data I don't want</td></tr></table>\
       Text I want to extract here.\
       </td>\
   </tr>\
</table>";

var $d = $(d);

$d.find('tr > td:eq(1) > table').remove();
var c = $d.find('tr > td:eq(1)').text();

alert( c );