JavaScript: Remove HTML/XML tags from string
JavaScript String: Exercise-35 with Solution
Write a JavaScript function to remove HTML/XML tags from string.
Test Data:
console.log(strip_html_tags('<p><strong><em>PHP Exercises</em></strong></p>'));
"PHP Exercises"
Pictorial Presentation:

Sample Solution:-
HTML Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>JavaScript function to remove HTML/XML tags from string</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code:
function strip_html_tags(str)
{
if ((str===null) || (str===''))
return false;
else
str = str.toString();
return str.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');
}
console.log(strip_html_tags('PHP Exercises
'));
Sample Output:
PHP Exercises
Flowchart:

Live Demo:
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JavaScript: Tips of the Day
Returns the symmetric difference between two arrays, after applying the provided function to each array element of both
Example:
const tips_symmetricDifference = (x, y, fn) => { const sA = new Set(x.map(v => fn(v))), sB = new Set(y.map(v => fn(v))); return [...x.filter(x => !sB.has(fn(x))), ...y.filter(x => !sA.has(fn(x)))]; }; console.log(tips_symmetricDifference([3.5, 5.5], [5.5, 7.5], Math.floor));
Output:
[3.5, 7.5]
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