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var comment = "this is with <a href='http://google.com'>http://google.com.au</a> my comment with <a href='http://google.com'>http://google.com</a> link";

function convertLinkEdit(text) {
    var dummy = document.createElement('p');
    dummy.innerHTML = text;
    
    var links = [];
    var _links = dummy.getElementsByTagName('a');
    
    // convert to array from live NodeList
    for(var i = _links.length; i--; links.unshift(_links[i]));
    
    for (var i = 0, l = links.length; i < l; i++)
    {
        var link = links[i];
        var node = document.createTextNode(link.textContent || link.innerText);
        link.parentNode.replaceChild(node, link);
    }
    
    return dummy.textContent || dummy.innerText;
}


alert(convertLinkEdit(comment));