Strip HTML from Text JavaScript

Question

Is there an easy way to take a string of html in JavaScript and strip out the html?

Answer 1

function stripHTML(my_string){
    var charArr   = my_string.split(''),
        resultArr = [],
        htmlZone  = 0,
        quoteZone = 0;
    for( x=0; x < charArr.length; x++ ){
     switch( charArr[x] + htmlZone + quoteZone ){
       case "<00" : htmlZone  = 1;break;
       case ">10" : htmlZone  = 0;resultArr.push(' ');break;
       case '"10' : quoteZone = 1;break;
       case "'10" : quoteZone = 2;break;
       case '"11' : 
       case "'12" : quoteZone = 0;break;
       default    : if(!htmlZone){ resultArr.push(charArr[x]); }
     }
    }
    return resultArr.join('');
}

Accounts for > inside attributes and in newly created dom elements.

usage:

clean_string = stripHTML("string with  in it")

demo:

https://jsfiddle.net/gaby_de_wilde/pqayphzd/

demo of top answer doing the terrible things:

https://jsfiddle.net/gaby_de_wilde/6f0jymL6/1/