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HTML
<div class="sptests">
<ul>
<li id="sp_test" class=""><span>Test</span></li>
<li id="sp_test2" class=""><span>Test 2</span></li>
<li id="sp_test3" class=""><span>Test 3</span></li>
</ul>
</div>
JavaScript
$("span").each(function() {
if($(this).text() == "Test 2") {
$(this).text('some example text');
}
})