Strip HTML using JavaScript (JavaScript Code) • Geekpedia

A simple function that uses regular expressions to strip the HTML tags out of strings.

<html>
<head>
<title>Strip HTML</title>
<script type=“text/javascript”>
String.prototype.stripHTML = function()
{
// What a tag looks like
var matchTag = /<(?:.|\s)*?>/g;
// Replace the tag
return this.replace(matchTag, “”);
};
function ShowStrippedText()
{
var sourceInput = document.getElementById(“textSource”);
var destInput = document.getElementById(“textDestination”);
// Set the destination text area to the value of the newly stripped HTML
destInput.value = sourceInput.value.stripHTML();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<textarea id=“textSource” rows=“10” cols=“80”><i>Some Sample <b>HTML</b> in here</i></textarea><br />
<input type=“button” value=“Strip HTML” onclick=“ShowStrippedText()” /><br />
<textarea id=“textDestination” rows=“10” cols=“80”></textarea>
</body>
</html>

Strip HTML using JavaScript