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HTML

<a id="test" onClick="processrow()"></a>

JavaScript

var src = processrow('<table><tr><td class="item5">row1</td><td class="item1"></td></tr></table>');
    src.appendTo($('#test'));
    
    function processrow(html) {
    
        var obj = $(html);
        obj.find(".item1").text('Closed');
        obj.find(".item5").css('background-color', '#66a666');
        
        return obj;
    }