Remove some tags in jquery

Question

I would like to use jquery to remove some tags inside mainclass, so that this -

<div class='mainclass'>
<div class='inclass'>
<a href='#'>Some text</a>
</div>
</div>

Becomes this -

<div class='mainclass'>
Some text
</div>

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Store the text you want to preserve, remove the elements and set the text to the main div.

var sometext = $('.mainclass > .inclass > a').text();
$('.mainclass').remove('.inclass').text(sometext);

Answer 2

$('.mainclass').html($('.inclass > a').text());

Answer 3

$('.mainclass').text($('.inclass').text());