JavaScript RegExp match text ignoring HTML

Question

Is it possible to match \"the dog is really really fat\" in \"The dog is really really fat!\" and add \"

Answer 1

Naah... just use the good old RegExp ;)

var htmlString = "The dog is really really fat!";
var regexp = /<\/?\w+((\s+\w+(\s*=\s*(?:\".*?"|'.*?'|[^'\">\s]+))?)+\s*|\s*)\/?>/gi;
var result = '' + htmlString.replace(regexp, '') + '';