Regex in Javascript to remove links

Question

I have a string in JavaScript and it includes an a tag with an href. I want to remove all links and the text. I know how to just r

Answer 1

Just to clarify, in order to strip link tags and leave everything between them untouched, it is a two step process - remove the opening tag, then remove the closing tag.

txt.replace(/]*>/i,"").replace(/<\/a>/i, "");

Working sample:

 
  Here's the text!