SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="suggestions">
<p class="keynavon">some text - is found</p>
</div>

JavaScript

var accom = $('#suggestions p.keynavon').text().replace(/-.*/,'');
alert("'" + accom + "'");