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Replace all empty HTML Elements from string with Javascript, matching elements only :)
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remove-empty-html-elements.js
//Nested empty elements will need some iterating to clear those out
function removeEmtpyElements(str, iterations){
var re = /<([A-z]+)([^>^/]*)>\s*<\/\1>/gim;
var subst = '';
for(var i = 0; i < iterations; i++){
str = str.replace(re, subst);
}
return str;
}
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