document.getElementsByClassName = function(){
	if(document.hasChildNodes && arguments[0]){
		var data = new Array();
		for(a=0;a<document.getElementsByTagName("*").length;a++){
			if(document.getElementsByTagName("*")[a].className == arguments[0]){
				data.push(document.getElementsByTagName("*")[a]);
			}
		}
		return data;
	}
};

function filterText(sText) {
var testToRemove = /<br>|<p>|<br\/>|<br \/>|<p\/>|<a .*?>|<\/a>|^[ \t]+/gi;
	//var testToRemove = /<br>|<p>|<br\/><br \/>|<p\/>|<a .+>|<\/a>/gi;
	return sText.replace(testToRemove, function (sMatch) {
		return sMatch.replace(/./g, " ");
	});
}

$(document).ready(function () {
	var removeCharRegExp = new RegExp("<br>","ig");
	var el = $('.prodDescription');
	for (i=0;i<el.length;i++) {
		tempStr = el[i].innerHTML;
		filterStr=filterText(tempStr);
		el[i].innerHTML=filterStr;
	}

  // override some default options
  $('.prodDescription').expander({
    slicePoint:       220,  
    expandText:         '', 
    userCollapseText: '[^]' 
  });
  
});