extract word using regular expression in javascript

Question

Here is my string

var str = 'varying<div class="desc_1"><div>Changing or xyz</div></div>';

And I want to extract "varying" and "Changing or xyz" word from sentence using regular expression in javascript. I want output like this

str1 = "varying";
str2 = "Changing or xyz";

Js Fiddle Link

Are you trying to parse html code? If not you are better off creating separate text nodes and div nodes, then make changes to you text nodes when needed. — ilgaar
– ilgaar, Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 16:21
You could try str.split(/<[^>]+>/).filter(function( txt ){ return txt != "" }) but seriously, don't use regular expressions to parse HTML. — pawel
– pawel, Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 16:36

gen_Eric · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-18 16:27:11Z

3

Do you need to use a regular expression here?

var str = 'varying<div class="desc_1"><div>Changing or xyz</div></div>';
var tmp = document.createElement('div');
tmp.innerHTML = '<div>' + str + '</div>';

var text = [];

var divs = tmp.getElementsByTagName('div');
for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
  var textEle = divs[i].childNodes[0];
  if (textEle.nodeValue !== null) {
    text.push(textEle.nodeValue);
  }
}

console.log(text);
document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = text.join(', ');

<p id="output"></p>

edited Dec 18, 2014 at 16:27

answered Dec 18, 2014 at 16:15

gen_Eric

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