Prototype - stripScripts() Method

This method strips a string of anything that looks like an HTML script block.

Syntax

string.stripScripts();

Return Value

Returns the trimmed string.

Example

<html>
   <head>
      <title>Prototype examples</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" src = "/javascript/prototype.js"></script>
      
      <script>
         function showResult() {
            var str = 'a &lt;a href="#"&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; ' + 
               '    &lt;script&gt; ' + 
               '         alert("Hello!") ' + 
               '    &lt;/script&gt;';
            
            var str = str.unescapeHTML();
            alert( str);
            alert (str.stripScripts() );
         }
      </script>
   </head>

   <body>
      <p>Click the button to see the result.</p>
      <br />
      <br />
      <input type = "button" value = "Result" onclick = "showResult();"/>
   </body>
</html>

Output

prototype_string_processing.htm