Javascript - Can't replace "<" word in string

Question

I was doing some javascript while I noticed i can't replace a "<" word inside an html tag such as

<label id="label" > <eraseme> </label>
document.getElementById('label').innerHTML = document.getElementById('label').innerHTML.replace("<eraseme>", "Replaced");

JSFiddle

Any solution ?

Answer 1

I was able to get it working by using the following in the replace function.

document.getElementById('label').innerHTML = document.getElementById('label').innerHTML.replace("<", "Replaced");