String manipulation in javascript

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I gave a poor description in my prev. question on what i want to do,

so here's another shot:

i have this string:

"<HTML>\n"+
"<P><BODY>\n"+
"<%for(var i=0;i<5;i++){%>\n"+
"<%response.body+=i;%><br/><br/>\n"+
"<%}%>\n"+
"<table border=’1’ width=”100%”>\n"+
"</BODY></P>\n"+
"</HTML>\n";

and i want to manipulate this into the following:

"response.body+=<HTML>;\n"+
"response.body+=<P><BODY>;\n"+
"for(var i=0;i<5;i++){\n"+
"response.body+=i;response.body+=<br/><br/>;\n"+
"response.body+=</BODY></P>;\n"+
"response.body+=</HTML>;\n";

meaning; adding to anything not in "<% some code %>"

this: "response.body+=" and ";".

how can it be done?

What happened to your other question? I took the trouble to answer it and now it's gone. Also, is it deliberate that the <% ... %> tags are missing from your desired result? And speaking of <% ... %> - such tags imply JSP or ASP server-side code, so why do you have that in a JavaScript string? — nnnnnn
– nnnnnn, Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 4:24
@nnnnnn it was voted down 5 times, had to delete it. yes it is deliberate, and its JST. its for doing some stuff in node.js — Itzik984
– Itzik984, Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 4:27
You don't have to delete things just because they get downvoted. You could've edited the other question. Also, why is the <table> element and the closing } from the for missing from the desired output? — nnnnnn
– nnnnnn, Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 4:33
@nnnnnn thank you for your answer, but its was badly written,so im sorry for the deletion — Itzik984
– Itzik984, Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 4:35

nnnnnn · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25 04:30:15Z

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My motivation to provide a complete answer is low given that I already answered your other question and now it's been deleted, but you could try something like the following:

yourString.replace(/'/g,"\\'")
          .replace(/(<[^%>]+>)/g,"response.body+='$1';")
          .replace(/<%|%>/g,"");

I'm assuming you intended to have the html tags in single quotes as in your other question.

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 4:30

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