Regular Expressions

[IndyFusion]

I have the following HTML:

<P>test</P>
<P>test</P><DFN>
<P>test</P></DFN>

I am using the code:

var re = &quot;<dfn>(?:.+)<\/dfn>&quot;;
var oReg = new RegExp(re,&quot;igm&quot;
var result = content.replace(oReg, '');

result always comes back with null.

I am trying to remove the DFN and everything in between and it is not working. I am assuming it is because the HTML is on 3 seperate lines. I cannot control the HTML so it must stay on 3 lines. I need a way to get rid of the DFN tag and everything in between it.

I've tried using &quot;<dfn>(?:[\s\S]+)<\/dfn>&quot;, but I get the same thing. What am I doing wrong? I've spend close to three hours working on this simple problem and can't figure it out. Can anyone PLEASE help?!

 

[jemminger]

are you trying to affect the actual source code? where are you defining &quot;content&quot;?

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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff

 

[IndyFusion]

Jeff,

The HTML at the top of the thread is in the variable content. Yes, I am trying to remove the source code DFN and everything in between. Sorry I didn't specify this before.

Thanks,
Jason

 

[jemminger]

this seems to work for me:

var re = &quot;<dfn>.*\n?.*<\/dfn>&quot;;
var oReg = new RegExp(re,&quot;igm&quot;

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if (!succeed) try();
-jeff