> Thanks,
> Grant

>   // test string
>   str = '<p><input type="radio" checked> Some text</p>'

>   // get HTML tags
>   getTag = /<\s*(\w+)\s+(\w+\s*(?:=\s*(['"])?[\s\S]*?\2)*)>/g;
>   function fixTag($0,$1,$2) {
>     // get attributes in tags
>     var getAttr = /\w+\s*(?:=(?:\s*(['"])[\s\S]*?\1)|\S+)?/g
>     function fixAttr($0) {
>       return ($0.indexOf("=") == -1) ? $0+'="'+$0+'"' : $0
>     }
>     return "<"+$1+" "+$2.replace(getAttr,fixAttr)+">";
>   }

>   WScript.echo(str.replace(getTag ,fixTag));

> --
> If the aborigine drafted an IQ test, all of Western civilization would
> presumably flunk it. -Stanley Marion Garn

> =-=-=
> Steve
> -=-=-

> > Since IE regularly mangles HTML (presumably to save space) by removing
> > closing tags, unquoting certain attributes and having certain attributes
> > (e.g. CHECKED) that have no value, and I have an engine which needs that
> > HTML to be valid XML, I've been hunting for a quick Javascript routine
which
> > simply makes any inner/outerHTML into a well formed XML string.  I've
got
> > the expression which will quote any unquoted attributes, but haven't
> > successfully figured out how to add ="true" to any attributes which have
no
> > value.  Any takers?

> > Thanks,
> > Grant

> > Since IE regularly mangles HTML (presumably to save space) by removing
> > closing tags, unquoting certain attributes and having certain
> attributes
> > (e.g. CHECKED) that have no value,

> It simply has a different normalisation to what you want, it doesn't
> "mangle HTML", it's normalisation is well defined and appears consistent
> through versions.

> > and I have an engine which needs that
> > HTML to be valid XML, I've been hunting for a quick Javascript routine
> which
> > simply makes any inner/outerHTML into a well formed XML string.  I've
> got
> > the expression which will quote any unquoted attributes, but haven't
> > successfully figured out how to add ="true" to any attributes which
> have no
> > value.  Any takers?

> Don't use innerHTML and regexp's, it's not going to guarantee XML well
> formedness of innerHTML, just construct your XML document fragment from
> the HTML DOM yourself, much easier, and guaranteed XML.

> Jim.

> Does your suggestion mean walking the DOM nodes and creating nodes in my
> XML, copying attributes and content, etc.?  If so, I think that would be
> perfect if I were having to deal with any HTML, and I'll keep it in mind
for
> that.  In our case I've got a limited set of tags to deal with and the
> attributes will be controlled through my own client-side code, so I'll
stick
> with the RegExps for now (until it screws up enough ;-).  Unless, of
course,
> you think the time consumed by regexp matching would be comparable to that
> of traversing the HTML nodes, 'cause that sounds a tad expensive to me,
with
> all the createNode/createElements.  What are your thoughts on the
> efficiencies?

> Grant

> > > Since IE regularly mangles HTML (presumably to save space) by removing
> > > closing tags, unquoting certain attributes and having certain
> > attributes
> > > (e.g. CHECKED) that have no value,

> > It simply has a different normalisation to what you want, it doesn't
> > "mangle HTML", it's normalisation is well defined and appears consistent
> > through versions.

> > > and I have an engine which needs that
> > > HTML to be valid XML, I've been hunting for a quick Javascript routine
> > which
> > > simply makes any inner/outerHTML into a well formed XML string.  I've
> > got
> > > the expression which will quote any unquoted attributes, but haven't
> > > successfully figured out how to add ="true" to any attributes which
> > have no
> > > value.  Any takers?

> > Don't use innerHTML and regexp's, it's not going to guarantee XML well
> > formedness of innerHTML, just construct your XML document fragment from
> > the HTML DOM yourself, much easier, and guaranteed XML.

> > Jim.