.text() vs reqexp

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<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var $tr = $('#table tr'), text ='';
</script>

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.text()
for (var i=0, l=$tr.length; i<l; i++) {
 text = $tr.eq(i).text();
}
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.replace
for (var i=0, l=$tr.length; i<l; i++) {
 text = $tr.eq(i)[0].innerHTML.replace(/<\/?[a-z][a-z0-9]*[^<>]*>/ig, '');
}
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