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1. How to convert a Title to a URL slug in jQuery?    stackoverflow.com

I'm working on an app in CodeIgniter, and I am trying to make a field on a form dynamically generate the URL slug. What I'd like to do is remove is ...

2. Convert tags to html entities    stackoverflow.com

Is it possible to convert html tags to html entities using javascript/jquery using any way possible such as regex or some other way. If yes, then how? Example: <div> should be converted to ...

3. How to convert jquery attr value to a string object to use it as a regex expression?    stackoverflow.com

i want to search a string variable if it contains a jQuery object's attr value. I have tryed this:

var txt = "lets go to a.html";
var searchText = new RegExp($("#link").attr("href"));
alert(txt.search(searchText)>=0);

4. How to convert Ajax data response to string?    stackoverflow.com

Original version:

<div>
    <p>
        <span>text</span>
    </p>
<div>

$.get('/some.html', function(data) {
    alert(data.replace(/<p.*p>/gi, ''));
});

<div>
    <>
  ...

5. Convert a Number in a String to a Number that has Commas    stackoverflow.com

I have a string like this: "11' - Add $1,200" I need a variable like this from that: variable = 1200 How would I strip that number out, basically all the numbers after the $ ...