JS Regex to remove IMG Tag from String

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I have a String from a tabel innerHTML where i need to remove all img tags using replace my Regex removes everthing after the first img tag my code at JSFiddle here

If you're getting this string from a table's .innerHTML property anyway - it's much better if you do this removal using DOM methods instead - don't try to do it with regex. — Dal Hundal
– Dal Hundal, Commented Aug 17, 2015 at 8:48
because regex is bad for parsing html (except few rare cases) — Kaiido
– Kaiido, Commented Aug 17, 2015 at 8:50
you're performing an operation on a DOM string, why wouldn't use DOM methods - plus regex sux at HTML — Jaromanda X
– Jaromanda X, Commented Aug 17, 2015 at 8:51

nu11p01n73R · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-17 08:46:29Z

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Use non-greedy matching using .*?

var tmp = inner.replace(/<img .*?>/g,"REPLACED");

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answered Aug 17, 2015 at 8:46

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Dal Hundal Over a year ago

Doing this kind of thing with regex is not reliable. For example, this would trip up on something like <img src='file.jpg' alt='Three > Two'>

nu11p01n73R Over a year ago

@DalHundal I agree. I was just pointing out why Regex removes everthing after the first img tag

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