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A cross browser way of parsing an html string.
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parseHTML.js
/**
* A cross browser way of parsing a html string similar to jQuery's `$(<HTML String>)`
*
* @method parseHTML
* @param htmlString {String}
* @return {HTMLElement}
*/
function parseHTML(htmlString)
{
var html = document.createDocumentFragment()
var container = document.createElement('div')
container.innerHTML = htmlString
var nextElement = container.firstChild
while (nextElement)
{
html.appendChild(nextElement)
nextElement = container.firstChild
}
return html
}
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