Regex replace groups multiple times

Question

I am trying to remove all html tags using this regex:

<.+>(.+)</.+>

Regular expression visualization

And I replace like this:

"<b onclick=\"foo\">Foo</b> bar".replace(new RegExp("\\<.{1,}\\>(.{1,})\\</.{1,}\\>", "g"), "$1")

This works fine, however, this doesnt work:

"<b onclick=\"foo\">Foo</b> bar <b>hello</b>".replace(new RegExp("\\<.{1,}\\>(.{1,})\\</.{1,}\\>", "g"), "$1")

Since I get hello

aelor · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-31 10:33:12Z

1

use lazy not greedy

<.+?>

along with the g modifier

like this :

"<b onclick=\"foo\">Foo</b> bar <b>hello</b>".replace(/<.+?>/g,'');

output:

Foo bar hello

answered May 31, 2014 at 10:33

aelor

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zx81 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-31 11:18:59Z

0

You can do this:

result = subject.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, "");

Explanation

Match the character “<” literally <
Match any character that is NOT a “>” [^>]*
- Between zero and unlimited times, as many times as possible, giving back as needed (greedy) *
Match the character “>” literally >

answered May 31, 2014 at 11:18

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