professional-javascript-07-StripHTMLExample.htm / htm
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Strip HTML Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
String.prototype.stripHTML = function () {
var reTag = /<(?:.|\s)*?>/g;
return this.replace(reTag, "");
};
function showText() {
var oInput1 = document.getElementById("txt1");
var oInput2 = document.getElementById("txt2");
oInput2.value = oInput1.value.stripHTML();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Enter some text containing HTML below and click the button<br />
<textarea rows="10" cols="50" id="txt1"></textarea><br />
<input type="button" value="Strip HTML" onclick="showText()" /></p>
<p>Stripped Text:<br />
<textarea rows="10" cols="50" id="txt2"></textarea></p>
</body>
</html>
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