ReplaceAll
by somuchsigh
HTML
<table border="1">
<tr><td class="abc">apple</td></tr>
<tr><td class="abc">ball</td></tr>
<tr><td class="abc">cat</td></tr>
<tr><td class="abc">dog/ss/s</td></tr>
</table>
JavaScript
$('.abc').each(function() {
var xyz = $(this).text();
$(this).text(xyz.replace('/', 'puppy'));
});