Question

I have the following variable which contains the following string. I would like to remove both the <nobr> and the </nobr> and just leave what is inside.

alert(product_code);

produces

<nobr>209/00254/01</nobr>

How would I make a new variable that removes the <nobr> tags?

var product_code = $(this).html();
alert(product_code);

Answer 1

If you wanted to just remove them completely (from the original), you can use .replaceWith() for example:

$("nobr").replaceWith(function() { return $(this).contents() });

You can test it out here. Or, $.trim() the .text() result (since they’ll be spaces in the result):

var product_code = $.trim($(this).text());