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JS Script: Simple Highlight text tool. See it live here: http://jsbin.com/iledos/6/edit?html,css,js,output
function highlight(text, words, tag) {
// Default tag if no tag is provided
tag = tag || 'span';
var i, len = words.length, re;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
// Global regex to highlights all matches
re = new RegExp(words[i], 'g');
if (re.test(text)) {
text = text.replace(re, '<'+ tag +' class="highlight">$&</'+ tag +'>');
}
}
return text;
}
function unhighlight(text, tag) {
// Default tag if no tag is provided
tag = tag || 'span';
var re = new RegExp('(<'+ tag +'.+?>|<\/'+ tag +'>)', 'g');
return text.replace(re, '');
}
var $p = $('p');
$('#highlight').click(function(){
var words = $('input').val().replace(/(\s,|,\s)/g, ',').split(',');
$p.html( unhighlight($p.html()) );
$p.html( highlight($p.html(), words) );
});
$('#unhighlight').click(function(){
$p.html( unhighlight($p.html()) );
});
body {
margin: 50px;
font: 15px Arial;
line-height: 1.5;
}
input, button { padding: .3em; }
.highlight {
background: yellow;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" value="qui, ad minima, dolor"/>
<button id="highlight">Highlight</button>
<button id="unhighlight">Unhighlight</button>
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</body>
</html>
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