jQuery regex replace html variables

Question

What would be the regex to remove a variable string like the following in the html?

<% include Banner %>

Here's what I've tried so far:

$('body').html().replace('<%(.*?)%>','');

Are you sure that actually exists as of the time you're trying to operate on it? Because frankly, I doubt it. — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Nov 10, 2013 at 22:42
Looks a lot like EJS or some other serverside templating system ? — adeneo
– adeneo, Commented Nov 10, 2013 at 22:56
Silverstripe template system. I'm using jQuery .load to display pre-generated .ss template includes based on a customised online order to speed up dev and html/css cut — Nathan Waters
– Nathan Waters, Commented Nov 10, 2013 at 22:59

iConnor · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-10 22:45:50Z

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You might want to set your html, turn your regex into a regex and change your < to <

var $body = $('body');
$body.html($body.html().replace(/&lt;%(.*?)%&gt;/,''));

If jQuery finds < and > when it's not actually a html tag it will replace it with < and >

answered Nov 10, 2013 at 22:40

iConnor

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+1 and turn your regex into a regex The sentence of the day