JavaScript: Remove HTML/XML tags from string

Last update on May 30 2022 09:59:05 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript String: Exercise-35 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to remove HTML/XML tags from string.

Test Data:
console.log(strip_html_tags('PHP Exercises'));
"PHP Exercises"

Pictorial Presentation:

JavaScript: Remove HTML/XML tags from string

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to remove HTML/XML tags from string</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function strip_html_tags(str)
{
   if ((str===null) || (str===''))
       return false;
  else
   str = str.toString();
  return str.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');
}

console.log(strip_html_tags('PHP Exercises'));

Sample Output:

PHP Exercises

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

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How to insert an item into an array at a specific index (JavaScript)?

What you want is the splice function on the native array object.

arr.splice(index, 0, item); will insert item into arr at the specified index (deleting 0 items first, that is, it's just an insert). In this example we will create an array and add an element to it into index 2:

var arr = [];
arr[0] = "Jani";
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console.log(arr.join());
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