javascript string stripping

[Vege]

if i have a string

var string = "dasdsa<h1></h1><h2>big</h2>dsa";

i need to strip all tags away from the string that have no content, in this case <h1></h1>

but can this be done if tag names are unknown and different tags occure?
example

<span></span>
should also be removed becouse it's "empty"

im kinda nood with javascript string comparisons.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Umm this is the CSS forum not javascript forum. Javascript is clientside. Moving you there.

[Jon Hanlon]

You can do it using regular expressions and the replace method.
Make use of backreferences.

[Vege]

my_string = my_string.replace( /< (.*)> <\/\1>/g, '' );
This didint solve my problems, but here it is for reference.

[¥åßßå]

You have some spaces in your regex, this worked for me.

<script type="text/javascript">
var my_string = "dasdsa<h1></h1><h2>big</h2>dsa<span></span>";
my_string = my_string.replace( /\<(.*)>\<\/\1>/g, '' );

window.alert( my_string );
</script>


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[Vege]

Sry, little misunderstood here.

The orginal regexp fixed my problem as it was used also without the space as you suggested.
Point of the message was that the regexp was not the method i needed afterall, but thats another story and not to be told here.

[¥åßßå]

No problem ;)

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