html - JQuery selection problem -

with html:

<label for="dateofbirth">     <span>* </span>     date of birth: </label> 

how select , remove span element using jquery?

like this:

$("label[for='dateofbirth'] span").remove(); 

this selector matches <span> elements inside <label> elements have for attribute of dateofbirth.

you write span:has('*') match <span> elements contain * in text.