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HTML
<table><tr><td id="__TABLE__">0</td><td>END</td></tr></table>
JavaScript
var str = '<td>1</td><td>2</td>';
$('#__TABLE__').replaceWith(str);
<table><tr><td id="__TABLE__">0</td><td>END</td></tr></table>
var str = '<td>1</td><td>2</td>';
$('#__TABLE__').replaceWith(str);