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12.07.2007 at 02:56AM PST, ID: 23008284
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JavaScript RegExp - Match HTML Tag Containing Line Breaks

Asked by wwarby in Regular Expressions, JavaScript

Tags: javascript, tag, match, line, break

I need a regular expression that matches HTML tags which can contain line breaks / carriage returns. This is easy in Perl or PHP because the dot (any) token matches line breaks, but unfortunately it does not in JavaScript. The attached code demonstrates the problem Change the regular expression to make it match the <p> tag and it's contents to win the prize.Start Free Trial 
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<html>
	<head>
		<title>Regular Expression Test</title>
	</head>
	<body>
		<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
			var s;
			s += "<html>\n";
			s += "	<body>\n";
			s += "		<p>\n";
			s += "			Match this paragraph\n";
			s += "			even though it contains\n";
			s += "			line breaks\n";
			s += "		</p>\n";
			s += "	</body>\n";
			s += "</html>";
			var re = new RegExp('<p[^>]*>(.*)</p>', 'gim');
			var matches = s.match(re);
			if (matches && matches.length) {
				for (var x = 0; x < matches.length; x++) {
					document.write('<h3>Match found:</h3><xmp>' + matches[x] + '</xmp>');
				}
			} else {
				document.write('<h3>No matches found!</h3>');
			}
		</script>
	</body>
</html>
 
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Zones: Regular Expressions, JavaScript
Tags: javascript, tag, match, line, break
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Solution Grade: A
 
 
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