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Asked: 2026-05-31T04:24:52+00:00

I have a javascript variable, for example: var s = <result>Success</result><name>George</name>; How can I

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I have a javascript variable, for example:

var s = "<result>Success</result><name>George</name>";

How can I get with javascript regex the result ‘Success’ and name ‘George’?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The regex you are looking for is

    var result = s.replace(/.*<result>([^<]*)<\/result>.*/, "$1");
var name = s.replace(/.*<name>([^<]*)<\/name>.*/, "$1");

    However, as a general rule of thumb – don’t ever use regex to parse HTML. The reason is that the browser already has XML parsers built-in, so why use ugly regex to do something the browser already does?

    Parsing XML:
    http://www.switchonthecode.com/tutorials/xml-parsing-with-jquery

    Parsing HTML using the DOM: How to parse HTML from JavaScript in Firefox?

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