[JAVASCRIPT/JQUERY] How to remove html tags from that source.

How to remove html tags from that source.

core source

HTMLVALUES.replace(/<(\/)?([a-zA-Z]*)(\s[a-zA-Z]*=[^>]*)?(\s)*(\/)?>/gi,'')

using jquery button event

$('#stripTags').click(function(){
 $('textarea[name="strReplace"]').val($('textarea[name="strReplace"]').val()
  .replace(/<(\/)?([a-zA-Z]*)(\s[a-zA-Z]*=[^>]*)?(\s)*(\/)?>/gi,'')
 return false; 
});