function htmlEsc(s){ s = s.replace(/&/g,"&"); s = s.replace(//g,">"); return s; } function getcomment(id){ var b,m,s,re; s = ''; re = new RegExp(s); b = (document.getElementsByTagName("body"))[0].innerHTML; m = b.match(re); if(m == null) alert("no match"); else return m[1]; } function com2bq(id1,id2){ document.getElementById(id2).innerHTML = htmlEsc(getcomment(id1)); }