Uncomment html code using javascript

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Html tables with some commented tags. i just wanted to uncomment those tags. I have tried regex using javascript but problem is it removes entire commented line where as i just wanted to uncomment those tags. Below sample html table with commented tags... ```

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Logic

``` So in above code i just want to uncomment ``. Please this is part of data scraping from webpage, so i cannot change the html code. Above mentioned table structure is similar to web page from where i am trying extract the data.

Accepted Answer

You can do it by using the DOM, without treating the document as text. For example, using jQuery:

```
$('table tr')
 .contents()
 .filter(function(){return this.nodeType === 8;}) //get the comments
 .replaceWith(function(){return this.data;})
```

The interesting bit here is `.contents`, which returns all nodes, not just the elements - this includes text nodes and comments.

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/9Z5T5/2/

Cautionary Note: I'm not sure how cross-browser is this. Specifically, it is possible `node.data` isn't supported. I've tested this code in Firefox, Chrome, and IE 10.

Uncomment html code using javascript

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