Replace the tag from a string using javascript

Question

How could I replace or remove all the image tag in my string using javascript?

Coffee Bean<div><br /></div><img src="data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQEASABIAAD/4gxYSUNDX.." />

I want to remove the image and the successive image tag in a string. How to do it?

Possible duplicate of [How to replace all occurrences of a string in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1144783/how-to-replace-all-occurrences-of-a-string-in-javascript) — ab29007, Sep 14 '17 at 10:51
[You can't parse HTML with regex.](https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/402322) — ceving, Sep 14 '17 at 10:59

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '17 at 10:57

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Using Regex:

myString.replace(/<img[^>]*>/g,"");

[^>]* means any number of characters other than >. If you use .+ instead, if there are multiple tags the replace operation removes them all at once, including any content between them. Operations are greedy by default, meaning they use the largest possible valid match.

/g at the end means replace all occurrences (by default, it only removes the first occurrence).

answered Sep 14 '17 at 10:57

AncientYouth

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so u mean it is better to use the + operation for removing any count of img tag in a string? – ReimoromzRherroral Restinuing Sep 15 '17 at 01:12
The + means "one or more" in regex, so it will remove all counts. http://www.rexegg.com/regex-quickstart.html – AncientYouth Sep 15 '17 at 10:36
I've tried that solution but it doesn't work to my code. – ReimoromzRherroral Restinuing Sep 19 '17 at 06:31
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it's okay already, I've got my mistake, it works for me. Thanks. – ReimoromzRherroral Restinuing Sep 19 '17 at 08:08
No problem, upvote and mark the answer if it was helpful. Thanks ! – AncientYouth Sep 19 '17 at 14:55

Replace the tag from a string using javascript

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