Strip html from string using perl

Mj1234 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

I have a string with html tags as shown below.

<style>table{border-collapse: collapse;margin-left: 1cm;font-Family: c
+ourier;width: 60%} \.hoverTable tr{background: #D8D8D8;} \.hoverTable
+ tr:hover{background-color: #ffff99; }
            </style><table border=2 class=\"hoverTable\"><tr><td bgcol
+or=\"#366092\" width=\"18%\"><font color=\"White\">Name</font></td><t
+d><b>ABC</b></td></tr><tr>
            <td bgcolor=\"#366092\" width=\"18%\"><font color=\"White\
+">Subject</font></td><td><b>XYZ</b></td></tr></table>
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How can I remove the html content and retain only the plain text using HTML::Parser?

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Re: Strip html from string using perl by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 29, 2016 at 06:37 UTC
Hi Mj1234, From the FAQs: How do I remove HTML from a string? Use HTML::Strip, or HTML::FormatText which not only removes HTML but also attempts to do a little simple formatting of the resulting plain text. If you really want to use HTML::Parser, it should be possible by writing a handler for only the `text` event. Update: I just noticed that your question is a near-duplicate of your post Remove html tags to obtain plain text from a month ago. Which of the answers there did you try, what worked and what didn't, and why? How do I post a question effectively? Hope this helps, -- Hauke D	[reply] [d/l]

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Re: Strip html from string using perl
by haukex (Archbishop) on Jul 29, 2016 at 06:37 UTC

Hi Mj1234,

From the FAQs: How do I remove HTML from a string?

Use HTML::Strip, or HTML::FormatText which not only removes HTML but also attempts to do a little simple formatting of the resulting plain text.

If you really want to use HTML::Parser, it should be possible by writing a handler for only the text event.

Update: I just noticed that your question is a near-duplicate of your post Remove html tags to obtain plain text from a month ago. Which of the answers there did you try, what worked and what didn't, and why? How do I post a question effectively?

Hope this helps,
-- Hauke D

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