Generate Emmet code from HTML - reverse action

Question

I am talking about Emmet.io (former Zen Coding).

Is there JavaScript code or jQuery plugin that does that in reverse?

Example:

emmet('ul > li*3') => '<ul><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul>'

I want something like this:

emmet('<ul><li></li><li></li><li></li></ul>') => 'ul > li*3'

Comparator

This is kinda tough because, there can be many types. Whereas the former is only one. – Kasper

just wondering, why would you want to turn markup into emmet code? You basically want to reserve back what you have already done? – Synonymy

you could write a regular exp and the loop through those results and spit out what you want that way. – Synonymy

@JamieHutber That would be a worst case algo! :( – Kasper

@JamieHutber regexp is overkill, jquery could do it easily and i can spend few days really writing it myself and i will if i don't get answers by tomorrow. reason is, this is a great way to store templates, and that has to be revers-able process. – Comparator

We have the Sizzle selector. And with the .size() I guess we might be able to achieve it. Check this question (it seems similar): https://mcmap.net/q/1919934/-reverse-zen-coding. – Kasper

@iggy fair enough. but JS can do regex ;) – Synonymy

@Comparator did you write anything to do this you could share? – Klina

@AdamHeath yes i did, you can find it here: link – Comparator