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

simple 2 line jquery to strip the html.

 var content = "
checking the html source 
 
  
with 
all
the html 
content
";

 var text = $(content).text();//It gets you the plain text
 console.log(text);//check the data in your console

 cj("#text_area_id").val(text);//set your content to text area using text_area_id