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HTML
<span>
<b>hi_1</b>
<b>hi_2</b>
<b>hi_3</b>
<b>hi_4</b>
<span>
JavaScript
// either
var x = $("span b").map(function() {
return $(this).text();
}).toArray().join(", ");
// or
var y = $.trim($('span').text()) // Trim newlines near <span> and </span> tags
.replace(/[\r\n]/g, ',');
alert(x+'\n'+y);