while(result = regTag.exec(str)) 
    {
        var tagBody = result[0];
        var tagStart = "<" + result[1];
        var tagFinish = result[3] + ">";

        if(tagStart == "<!--")
            continue;

        var attributeString = result[2];

        var regAttribute = new RegExp("(\\s*[^=]*)=((?:\"[^\"]+\")|(?:'[^']+')|(?:[^\\s]+))", "g");

        var attributes = new Array();

        while(result = regAttribute.exec(attributeString))
            attributes.push(new Array(result[1].trim(), result[2].replace(new RegExp("['\"](.*)['\"]", "g"), "$1").trim()));

        var sb = new StringBuffer();

        for(var i in attributes) 
        {
            if(trim(attributes[i][0].toLowerCase()) == "style") 
            {
                var regStyle = new RegExp("([\\w-]+): ([^;]*)", "gi");
                var sbStyle = new StringBuffer();

                while(result = regStyle.exec(attributes[i][1]))
                    sbStyle.append(result[1].toLowerCase() + ": " + result[2] + "; ");

                sb.append(" style=\"" + sbStyle.toString().replace(new RegExp("(.*); $", "g"), "$1") + "\"");
            }
            else
                sb.append(" " + attributes[i][0].toLowerCase() + "=\"" + attributes[i][1] + "\"");
        }

        var tagAttributes = sb.toString();

        switch(tagStart.toLowerCase()) 
        {
            case "<img":
            case "<br":
            case "<hr":
                tagFinish = (tagFinish == ">") ? "/>" : tagFinish;
        }

        if(tagStart.toLowerCase() == "<img" && tagAttributes.indexOf("alt=") == -1)
            tagFinish = ' alt=""' + tagFinish;

        str = str.replaceAll(tagBody, tagStart.toLowerCase() + tagAttributes + tagFinish);
    }