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Regex match text between tags

rated 0 times [ 170] [ 4] / answers: 1 / hits: 144396 / 12 Years ago, sat, july 21, 2012, 12:00:00

I have this string:

My name is <b>Bob</b>, I'm <b>20</b> years old, I like <b>programming</b>.

I'd like to get the text between b tags to an array, that is:

['Bob', '20', 'programming']

I tried this /<b>(.*?)</b>/.exec(str) but it will only get the first text.

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answered 12 Years ago tristab · Accepted Answer

/<b>(.*?)</b>/g

Regular

Add g (global) flag after:

/<b>(.*?)</b>/g.exec(str)

             //^-----here it is

However if you want to get all matched elements, then you need something like this:

var str = <b>Bob</b>, I'm <b>20</b> years old, I like <b>programming</b>.;



var result = str.match(/<b>(.*?)</b>/g).map(function(val){

   return val.replace(/</?b>/g,'');

});

//result -> [Bob, 20, programming]

If an element has attributes, regexp will be:

/<b [^>]+>(.*?)</b>/g.exec(str)