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by patrick29
HTML
<div id='test'>test1<span class='modification_lien'> modifier </span>test2<span class='modification_lien'>modifier </span>test3<ul><li>t1</li><li>t2</li></ul></div>
JavaScript
$('#test').contents().filter(isTextNode).each(function(){
alert($(this).text());
});
function isTextNode(){
return( this.nodeType === 3 );
}