I need some XPath / RegExp help, particularly in relation to IE - GoFuckYourself.com

StuartD · 11-26-2008, 09:57 AM

Here's the basics... I have a word, say the word is "test".

What I want to be able to do is use javascript to navigate the DOM of the html document and find every instance of the word "test" but NOT if it's with in an img tag, or link or used anywhere that's not just standard text.

So for example:
<p>This is just a test</p> - find
<a href='#'>click test</a> - don't find
<img src="images/test.jpg"> - don't find

I am currently using XPath which is able to differentiate a "textNode" from everything else, and thus, give me the results I want.
But IE's piece of crap browser will not use XPath on anything but XML. And I need for this to work in HTML.

I figure my only alternative is to use RegExp but something of this magnitude is simply over my head.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.... either in this thread, or even by icq (563-6347)

StuartD · 11-26-2008, 12:47 PM

Thank you mrkris, you rock!
Your help is much appreciated, it now works like a charm

mrkris · 11-26-2008, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuartD

Thank you mrkris, you rock!
Your help is much appreciated, it now works like a charm

anytime!

11-26-2008, 09:57 AM	#1
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	I need some XPath / RegExp help, particularly in relation to IE Here's the basics... I have a word, say the word is "test". What I want to be able to do is use javascript to navigate the DOM of the html document and find every instance of the word "test" but NOT if it's with in an img tag, or link or used anywhere that's not just standard text. So for example: <p>This is just a test</p> - find <a href='#'>click test</a> - don't find <img src="images/test.jpg"> - don't find I am currently using XPath which is able to differentiate a "textNode" from everything else, and thus, give me the results I want. But IE's piece of crap browser will not use XPath on anything but XML. And I need for this to work in HTML. I figure my only alternative is to use RegExp but something of this magnitude is simply over my head. Any help would be greatly appreciated.... either in this thread, or even by icq (563-6347) __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter

11-26-2008, 12:47 PM	#2
StuartD Sofa King Band Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Outside the box Posts: 29,903	Thank you mrkris, you rock! Your help is much appreciated, it now works like a charm __________________ This is me on facebook This is me on twitter