replaceChild jQuery equivalent

Question

I'm trying to replace current dom element with new element i made.

I implemented following line

$(this).parent().replaceChild(newElem,this);

But it gives error saying $(this).parent().replaceChild is not a function because replaceChild is not a jQuery function, what would be equivalent in jQuery?

Answer 1

If what you want is to replace the inside:

$(this).empty().append('<p>replacement</p>')

Answer 2

If you want to use pure jQuery you can use the replaceWith method

$(this).replaceWith(newElem);

you can refer this link :

http://api.jquery.com/replaceWith/