1	// select the element that will be replaced
2	var el = document.querySelector('div');
3	
4	// <a href="/javascript/manipulation/creating-a-dom-element-51/">create a new element</a> that will take the place of "el"
5	var newEl = document.createElement('p');
6	newEl.innerHTML = '<b>Hello World!</b>';
7	
8	// replace el with newEL
9	el.parentNode.replaceChild(newEl, el);1// select the element that will be replacedvar el = document.querySelector('div');
2// <a href="/javascript/manipulation/creating-a-dom-element-51/">create a new element</a> that will take the place of "el"var newEl = document.createElement('p');newEl.innerHTML = '<b>Hello World!</b>';
3// replace el with newELel.parentNode.replaceChild(newEl, el);1<html>
2<head>
3</head>
4<body>
5  <div>
6    <a id="myAnchor" href="http://www.stackoverflow.com">StackOverflow</a>
7  </div>
8<script type="text/JavaScript">
9  var myAnchor = document.getElementById("myAnchor");
10  var mySpan = document.createElement("span");
11  mySpan.innerHTML = "replaced anchor!";
12  myAnchor.parentNode.replaceChild(mySpan, myAnchor);
13</script>
14</body>
15</html>
16