$(function() {
 jQuery.highlight = 

  function(node, te) {
   var pos, skip, spannode, middlebit, endbit, middleclone;
   skip = 0;
   if (node.nodeType == 3) {
   pos = node.data.toUpperCase().indexOf(te.toUpperCase()); 
    if (pos >= 0) {
     spannode = document.createElement('span');
     spannode.className = 'highlight';
     middlebit = node.splitText(pos);
     endbit = middlebit.splitText(te.length);
     middleclone = middlebit.cloneNode(true);
     spannode.appendChild(middleclone);
     middlebit.parentNode.replaceChild(spannode, middlebit);
     skip = 1;
    }
   }
   else if (node.nodeType == 1 && node.childNodes && !/(script|style)/i.test(node.tagName)) {
    for (var i = 0; i < node.childNodes.length; ++i) {
     i += $.highlight(node.childNodes[i], te);
    }
   }
   return skip;
  }

 ;

jQuery.fn.removeHighlight = function() {
 this.find("span.highlight").each(function() {
  with (this.parentNode) {
   replaceChild(this.firstChild, this);
   normalize();
  }
 });
 return this;
};


jQuery.fn.highlight = function(text) {
  
  //texts=text.split(/[\?\*]/g);
  texts=text

  for (var i = 0; i < texts.length; i++) {
	$(this).each(function() {
		//$.highlight(this, texts[i]);
		$.highlight(this, texts);
	});
  }
  
} 

});