Join splitting tags with new tags : Join « jQuery « JavaScript Tutorial

<html>
  <head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(document).ready(function(){
            var newText = $("p").text().split(" ").join("</div> <div>");
            $("p").html(newText).find("div").hover(
                   function () { $(this).addClass("y"); },
                   function () { $(this).removeClass("y"); });
        });
    </script>
    <style>
      .y { background:yellow; }
  </style>

  </head>
  <body>
    <body>
       <p>a ab abc</p>
  </body>
</html>

30.62.Join
	30.62.1.	Join splitting tags with new tags
	30.62.2.	Join splitted tags
	30.62.3.	Join tag names