Remove first occurance of
from string

Question

Below is the code

 var str = '<p>first occurrence</p> can have multiple lines of ln or new line code etc <p>another p</p> and then again <p>another code in p </p>';

expected result with regex or simple jquery:

 first occurrence can have multiple lines of ln or new line code etc <p>another p</p> and then again <p>another code in p </p>

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '17 at 18:05

var str = document.getElementById('test').innerHTML.trim();
// var str = '<p>first occurrence</p> can have multiple lines of ln or new line code etc <p>another p</p> and then again <p>another code in p </p>';

str = str.replace(/<p>(.*?)<\/p>/, '$1');
 
console.log(str);

<div id="test">
 <p>first occurrence</p> can have multiple lines of ln or new line code etc <p>another p</p> and then again <p>another code in p </p>
</div>

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 03 '17 at 18:09

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str=str.replace("<p>","").replace("<\/p>","");

Hope this helps.

answered Feb 03 '17 at 18:09

Jon Glazer

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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Don't use regex on html ... put the string into a newly created element and manipulate that element

var $div = $('<div>').html(str);
$div.find('p:first').unwrap()
str = $div.html()

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered Feb 03 '17 at 18:32

charlietfl

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Remove first occurance of from string

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Remove first occurance of
from string