Question

How to write Regular Expression which can find this

<a href="#" onclick="javascript:setSectionName('');showFunctionMenu2( ......>xxxxxx</a>

and replace the same with

<a href="#" style="display:none;" onclick="javascript:setSectionName('');showFunctionMenu2( ......>xxxxxx</a>

in html document using Javascript?

I came up with this to find but dont know how to replace the same with new one in html

<a\shref\="\#"\sonclick\="javascript\:setSectionName\(''\)\;showFunctionMenu2\(.+><\/a>

Answer 1

Using jQuery filter

$('a').filter(function(index) { 
  return (this.onclick.match(/setSectionName\(''\);showFunctionMenu2\(/) !== null);
});

Reference: http://api.jquery.com/filter/