Remove special characters in string with Regexp- jQuery

Question

Who can help me with regular expression , to remove some string with jquery, don't have much experience in regex

<div class="test" >
    &nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;Test Text
</div>

I want to remove " >  > " and to leave just the text

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Like this:

$('.test').html(function(i, old) { return old.replace(/&(nbsp|gt);/g, ''); });

EDIT: Demo

Answer 2

$('.test').html($('.test').html().replace(/&[^;]+;/g, ''))