S('foo<br>bar').stripTags() == 'foobar'

[HxxxxxS]

IMO should be 'foo bar', no? More relevant use case:

let body = 'Hello {name}!<br>Please verify your email at url <a href="https://example.com/verify/12345">https://example.com/verify/1234</a><br>See you soon'
let text = S(body).stripTags().s
// Hello {name}!Please verify your email at url https://example.com/verify/12345See you soon
//              ^                                                               ^

[siddharthborderwala]

The stripTags method is meant to remove the tags only and not alter the string in any other way. So, the tags will be replaced by no white space.