Re: How can use Perl to strip away some nested HTML markup code, like <SCRIPT> ?

Let's say you have some html like this:

<b>I like</b> <i>squirrels!</i>.
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You could use this:

$html =~ s/<[^>]*>([^<]*)<\/[^>]*>/$1/gs;
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To turn it into this:

I like squirrels.
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{QandAEditors note: merlyn points out by way of followup that the above regexp only works for simple HTML, and that in real life HTML, the regexp can't be counted upon to not fail. See the followup for details. }

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•Re: Answer: How can use Perl to strip away some nested HTML markup code, like <SCRIPT> ? by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 15, 2003 at 15:02 UTC
Sure, that works for simple HTML, but real life HTML can fail on such a simple regex. For example: `<!-- > this is still the comment --> and some more text` [download] In that case, "this is still the comment" would be left within the output, when it shouldn't be. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply] [d/l]