REGEX to select first two lines from a div

Question

Is there any way to select first two lines from text in a div.

Content in div:

/*------------------------
| some content goes here |
| inside div or any      |
| container in HTML. is  |
| it possible to select  |
| first two lines        |
| displaying in browser  |
----------------------- */

SelectedText = "some content goes here inside div or any"

As long as there are linebreaks or br tags in the content you can split the content into an array and then select the first two entries — TGH, Sep 11 '13 at 04:55
see [related question](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3738490/2170192) — Alex Shesterov, Sep 11 '13 at 05:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:16

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var first_line = $("#divElement").text().split("\n")[1];
var second_line = $("#divElement").text().split("\n")[2];

JSFiddle Example

answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:16

CloudyMarble

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Read comment above in Parfait's reply – Tarun Sep 11 '13 at 05:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:25

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Hello you can check below code

 <script type="text/javascript">
function runTest(){
var str=document.getElementById("id1").value;
var arr = str.split(/[\n\r]/g);
alert(arr[0]+arr[1]);
}
</script>
<textarea id="id1">
some content goes here
inside div or any
container in HTML. is 
it possible to select
first two lines 
displaying in browser
</textarea>

<a href="#" onClick="runTest();">myLink</a>

answered Sep 11 '13 at 05:25

Vishal

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Read comment above in Parfait's reply – Tarun Sep 11 '13 at 05:31

REGEX to select first two lines from a div

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