javascript strip string code example

Example 1: javascript strip html tags from string

var htmlString= "<div>\n <h1>Hello World</h1>\n <p>This is the text that we should get.</p>\n <p>Our Code World &#169; 2017</p>\n </div>";

var stripedHtml = htmlString.replace(/<[^>]+>/g, '');
var decodedStripedHtml = he.decode(stripedHtml);

// Hello World
// This is the text that we should get.
// Our Code World &#169; 2017
console.log(stripedHtml);

// Hello World
// This is the text that we should get.
// Our Code World © 2017
console.log(decodedStripedHtml);

Example 2: javascript remove characters from beginning of string

// this will replace the first occurrence of "www." and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".replace("www.", "");

// this will slice the first four characters and return "testwww.com"
"www.testwww.com".slice(4);

// this will replace the www. only if it is at the beginning
"www.testwww.com".replace(/^(www\.)/,"");

Example 3: javascript strip

" dog".trim() //"dog"