Regex match text between tags
/<b>(.*?)<\/b>/g
Add g
(global) flag after:
/<b>(.*?)<\/b>/g.exec(str)
//^-----here it is
However if you want to get all matched elements, then you need something like this:
var str = "<b>Bob</b>, I'm <b>20</b> years old, I like <b>programming</b>.";
var result = str.match(/<b>(.*?)<\/b>/g).map(function(val){
return val.replace(/<\/?b>/g,'');
});
//result -> ["Bob", "20", "programming"]
If an element has attributes, regexp will be:
/<b [^>]+>(.*?)<\/b>/g.exec(str)
var root = document.createElement("div");
root.innerHTML = "My name is <b>Bob</b>, I'm <b>20</b> years old, I like <b>programming</b>.";
var texts = [].map.call( root.querySelectorAll("b"), function(v){
return v.textContent || v.innerText || "";
});
//["Bob", "20", "programming"]