/*
This is the same as this PHP version:
$test = 'foo <a b="c">bar</a> baz <b> qux yo"s <c><d> wut?';
$results = preg_split('#(<\/?[-:\w]+(?:>|\s[^<>]*?>))#', $test, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY | PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
*/
var test = 'foo <a b="c">bar</a> baz <b> qux yo"s <c><d> wut?';
var results = [];
test.replace(/([^<>]*?)(<\/?[-:\w]+(?:>|\s[^<>]*?>)|$)/g, function(a, b, c) {
if (b) results.push(b);
if (c) results.push(c);
});
console.log(results);
/*
[
'foo ',
'<a b="c">',
'bar',
'</a>',
' baz ',
'<b>',
' qux yo"s ',
'<c>',
'<d>',
' wut?'
]
*/
// example usage: replace all `"` character(s) outside the HTML tag(s) with `"`
var output = "";
for (var i = 0, len = results.length; i < len; ++i) {
var s = results[i];
// Is this a HTML tag or text?
if (s && s[0] === '<' && s.slice(-1) === '>') {
// this is a HTML tag …
output += s;
} else {
// do something with text …
output += s.replace(/"/g, '"');
}
}
console.log(output);
// READ MORE: <http://www.dte.web.id/2016/07/regex-extract-html-tag-from-string.html>
Safe string replace helper.
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