Tag in Tag Javascript Replace

Asked Jun 23 '15 at 11:39

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$format_search =  [
            /\[QUOTE\](.*?)\[\/QUOTE\]/ig
]
$format_replace = [
            '<div class="quote">$1</div>'
]

These are search and replace codes. By using

 str = str.replace($format_search[0], $format_replace[0])

I replace tags with html div codes. It works good except quote in a quote. If somebody quotes a quoted text in forum such as

[quote][quote]Hi[/quote] Hello[/quote]

instead of this one:

<div class="quote"><div class="quote">Hi</div> Hello</div>

I get this output:

<div class="quote">[quote]Hi</div> Hello[/quote]

it finds first [/quote] and accept it as a closure for the first quote. How can I make the code search [/quote] from end. Is there any another solution?

asked Jun 23 '15 at 11:39

Refet Ali Yalcin

2

If they can be nested like that, like HTML, then you can't do this with regex alone; proper parsing is your only option, [just like HTML](http://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/157247). – T.J. Crowder Jun 23 '15 at 11:45
[try this](https://gist.github.com/Pruthvi-Raj/19bfd8d5a30c8a13b331) – Pruthvi Raj Jun 23 '15 at 12:25
worked like a charm. thank you – Refet Ali Yalcin Jun 24 '15 at 07:05

Tag in Tag Javascript Replace

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