how do I strip html with jQuery inside a function -

I want to type a function using jquery function text () to change the html in the string < P> Trying to do this: Function FormatData (InputString) {// strip HTML var output = $ (inputstring) .text (); // ... do some other things with output return output; }

and then

  warning (formatted data ("some  b & gt; html & lt; / b & gt; stuff") ) Use   
 Why does not this work?  
  
 
 
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