How to remove everything that inside < String > together with the <> char

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Hello CodeProjecters,

first of all, i'm going to say thanks because you have taking the time to take a look at my question.

here is my question, how do i remove the string and the tags together that inside "<>", it's just simple HTML tags,

i've tried using regex pattern like this : <.*?> and it also wont work, if the style is like this :  or < m:blabla xmlns:m="#unknown" /> or < div id="divclass" >

many thanks to the one that have post an answer here.

Posted 5-Nov-14 4:12am

Andrew Budiman

Updated 5-Nov-14 4:14am

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DamithSL 5-Nov-14 10:14am

can you add sample inputs and expected outputs?

Andrew Budiman 5-Nov-14 10:16am

input simple is : "<br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal <w:zoom>0 <w:trackmoves> <w:trackformatting> <w:punctuationkerning> <w:validateagainstschemas> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false <w:ignoremixedcontent>false <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false <w:donotpromoteqf> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables> <w:snaptogridincell> <w:wraptextwithpunct> <w:useasianbreakrules> <w:dontgrowautofit> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark> <w:enableopentypekerning> <w:dontflipmirrorindents> <w:overridetablestylehps> <m:mathpr> <m:mathfont m:val="Cambria Math"> <m:brkbin m:val="before"> <m:brkbinsub m:val="--"> <m:smallfrac m:val="off"> <m:dispdef> <m:lmargin m:val="0"> <m:rmargin m:val="0"> <m:defjc m:val="centerGroup"> example bla bla bla bla bla......"

and the output i want to get it is : "example bla bla bla bla bla......"

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DamithSL · Answer 1 · 2014-11-05T04:25:00

Solution 1

try with

C#

String res= Regex.Replace(htmlInput, @"<[^>]*>", String.Empty);

update:

if you want to remove both <> and {} use @"<[^>]*>|{[^>]*}"

Posted 5-Nov-14 4:25am

DamithSL

Updated 5-Nov-14 4:52am

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Andrew Budiman 5-Nov-14 10:41am

and i've forgot 1 thing, the tags is also inclued <>{} this, the example is {modmso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt} example bla bla bla bla.....

and i want the input : example bla bla bla bla.....

DamithSL 5-Nov-14 10:53am

change the regex to @"<[^>]*>|{[^>]*}"

Andrew Budiman 10-Nov-14 0:57am

thanks before sir, i have solved the problem that cause with html tag,
and now there's some problem coming out, and i wanna discard the word, here is the example :
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable ADHI is the best program..

i want just to take the word ADHI is the best program, and the other was discarded.

thanks

Ravi Bhavnani · Answer 2 · 2014-11-05T04:28:00

Solution 2

You could also use my StringParser[^] class to do this for you.

/ravi

Posted 5-Nov-14 4:28am

Ravi Bhavnani

PIEBALDconsult · Answer 3 · 2014-11-05T04:32:00

Solution 3

Something like this?
Remove all the HTML tags and display a plain text only inside (in case XML is not well formed)[^]

Be sure to look at the original Tip and the other alternatives.

Posted 5-Nov-14 4:32am

PIEBALDconsult

Updated 5-Nov-14 4:36am

v3