Get the plain text from html string

[Guest]

I am wondering what is the fastest way to get plain text such as "abc def 12"
from an HTML string.

I can parse it, but not sure how to deal with those special characters, such
as & and >. Is there an API to get the right plain text?

TIA.

 

[RSH]

Gary,

Regular experssions will do the trick. Do a quick search on Google for
Regular Expressions removing HTML formatting for example code.

Ron

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your reply.

Removing HTML is the same as parsing the text body, IMHO. The non-trival
part is how to process those special characters.

For example, when you encount " ", you should know it is 32 actually. There
is a bunch of special characters. It is painful to replace it one by one.

 

[Guest]

You need to give more information on what you are trying to achieve. Give a
sample bit of HTML and a sample of what you want to get from it.

Ciaran O'Donnell