Question

given the following string:

var htmlStr = '<p class="red_349dsa01">This is</p><p class="blue_saf9vsaz">a test</p>';

how can I remove the very first and last tag off this string? This would be the result:

var htmlStr = 'This is</p><p class="blue_saf9vsaz">a test';

I know this will create invalid HTML, but I just want to know if this can be done at all.

Answer 1

You could try something like

var htmlStr = '<p class="red_349dsa01">This is</p><p class="blue_saf9vsaz">a test</p>';
alert(htmlStr.substring(htmlStr.indexOf('>') + 1, htmlStr.lastIndexOf('<')));