Substring text with HTML tags in Javascript

Question

Do you have solution to substring text with HTML tags in Javascript?

For example:

var str = \'Lorem ipsum dolor sit         


        

Answer 1

Use something similar to = str.replace(/<[^>]*>?/gi, '').substr(0, 20);
I've created an example at: http://fiddle.jshell.net/xpW9j/1/