JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by miketeix

HTML

<div id="someText">
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</div>

CSS

#someText {
    width: 200px;
    //visibility: hidden;
}

JavaScript

var spanInserted = $('#someText').html().split(" ").join(" </span><span>");
var wrapped = ("<span>").concat(spanInserted, "</span>");
$('#someText').html(wrapped);
var refPos = $('#someText span:first-child').position().top;
var newPos;
$('#someText span').each(function(index) {
    newPos = $(this).position().top   
    if (index == 0){
       return;
    }
    if (newPos == refPos){
        $(this).prepend($(this).prev().text() + " ");
        $(this).prev().remove();
    } 
    refPos = newPos;
});