[thelist] Using RegExp to replace an <a> tag

[Anthony Baratta]

At 09:54 AM 3/13/2003, Brad Dobyns wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>I am trying to get a better handle on Javascript so I need some assistance 
>with a particular problem. I need to have a link tag disabled when a user, 
>who has Javascript turned on, goes to any page on the site. I have several 
>links on a page so, it needs to find the pathname with an <a> tag that is 
>similar to the current location.


Here's the RegEx I use to pattern match the Anchor Tag:

         regEx.Pattern = "(<a[^>]+>.*?<\/\s*a\s*>)"

It's ASP, but you should be able to convert.
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