JavaScript regex to replace a character ignoring HTML tags

Question

Once again, I need some help and I appreciate you all for being here willing to help.
I\'m trying to implement a regex for a JavaScript function that will replace a string o

Answer 1

This will work as long as the amounts are always formatted like $36.07.

function getAmount (s) { 
  var r = /\$([^<]+)(\d+)/.exec(s); 
  return r[1]+r[2]; 
}

getAmount("$36.07");
// returns "36.07"