Question

there is long string, like

<td>sdfaf</td><td width='1'></td><td width='1'>sdfdsf</td><td></td>

Is there a simple regex method to delete contents inside tags, convert it to

<td></td><td width='1'></td><td width='1'></td><td></td>

I know jquery html() and empty() can do the work, but I want to find a pure javascript method to do it.

thanks

Answer 1

Assuming your “string” comes from a table in your document, here’s how to do it in vanilla javascript :

var cells = yourtable.getElementsByTagName('td');
for (var i=0; i<cells.length; i++) cells[i].innerHTML = '';

(if you just have the string, you may simply create a tr node and set this string as innerHTML)