javascript - Removing html tags and content where tag content matches an array of values using Xml.parse() -

i've extracted html gmailapp using .getbody() , return html filters specific tag , contents contents matches value in array (specifically links text). looking @ this solution figure easiest way use xml.parse() , filter object can't beyond creating xmldocument.

for example, if:

var html = '<div>some text <div><a href="http://example1.com">foo</a></div> , <span>some <a href="http://example2.com">baa</a>,and <a href="http://example3.com">close</a></span></div>'; 

and

var linkstoremove = ['baa','foo']; 

how return

var newhtml = '<div>some text <div></div> , <span>some ,and <a href="http://example3.com">close</a></span></div>'; 

using

var obj = xml.parse(html, true); 

i can object process falls apart there (i did consider using .replace() given issues matching regex thought best avoid)

following suggestion opted try using regex

var html = '<div>some text <div><a href="http://example1.com">foo</a></div> , <span>some <a href="http://example2.com">baa</a>,and <a href="http://example3.com">close</a></span></div>';  var linkstoremove = ['baa', 'foo']; var newhtml = cleanbody(html, linkstoremove);  /**  * removes links html text  * @param {string} html html cleaned.  * @param {array} exclude array of link text remove.  * @returns {string} cleaned html.  */ function cleanbody(html, exclude) {     html = html.replace(/\r?\n|\r|\t/g, ''); // used remove breaks , tabs     var re = '<a\\b[^>]*>(' + exclude.join('|') + ')<\\/a>';     return html.replace(new regexp(re, 'ig'), ""); } 

test @ http://jsfiddle.net/hdspu/