Question

My string is :<div>2</div><div>3</div><div>4</div><div>5</div><div><br></div>

I need to get 2,3,4,5,
in an array using Javascript ie.anything between <div></div>

Whats the most elegant way to do this?

Answer 1

To match anything between <div> and </div>

var a, r=[];
while((s=str.indexOf("<div>"))!=-1){
    e=str.indexOf("</div>"); 
    a=str.substring(s+5, e); 
    if(a) r.push(a);
    str=str.substr(e+6);
}

Another easier method

 var r = str.match(/<div>.*?<\/div>/gi).map(function(i){
     return i.replace(/<div>(.*?)<\/div>/gi, "$1");
 });

If it was just digits (like in your initial question) use this

var str = "<div>2</div><div>3</div><div>4</div><div>5</div><div><br></div>";
var num = str.match(/\d+/g)