Nodejs String Strip strip_html()

Method Source Code

// Strips HTML from string.
String.prototype.strip_html = function() {
  var value = "";
  try {/*w  w  w  .  ja v a2 s  . c o  m*/
    // This is a known idiom for stripping html.
    value = $('<p>' + this + '</p>').text();
    if (value == "") {
      value = this;
    }
  } catch(err) {
    value = this;
  } finally {
    value = value || "[Null]"
  }
  return value;
}

Related

1. stripTrailingSlash()

   String.prototype.stripTrailingSlash = function() {
     if (this.substr(-1) === '/') {
       return this.substr(0, this.length - 1);
     return this;
   };
   

2. stripURL()

   String.prototype.stripURL = function() {
       return this.replace(/[A-Za-z]+\:\/\/+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&~?\/.=]+/g, "");
   };
   

3. stripUsername()

   String.prototype.stripUsername = function() {
       return this.replace(/[@]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, "");
   };
   

4. stripUtfBom()

   String.prototype.stripUtfBom = function() {
     var string = this.toString();
     if (string.charCodeAt(0) === 0xFEFF) {
       string = string.slice(1);
     return string;
   };
   

5. stripWhitespace()

   String.prototype.stripWhitespace = function(){
     return this.replace(new RegExp("\\s", "g"), "");
   };
   

6. stripslashes()

   String.prototype.stripslashes = function () {
       return (this + '').replace(/\\(.?)/g, function (s,n1) {
           switch (n1) {
               case '\\':
                   return '\\';
               case '0':
                   return '\u0000';
               case '':
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   ...
   

7. stripstrip()

   String.prototype.strip = function strip() {
     return this.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, '');
   };