The FAQ answer (How do I remove HTML from a string?) suggests that HTML::Parse is the most correct answer.

It also notes that HTML comments, tags that continue over line breaks, and angle brackets within quoted attributes can break a simpler parser. For example: 

<!--- <img src="foo.jpg"
    alt="proof that 4 > 2"> -->

[download]
If you're dealing with machine-generated HTML and can guarantee a certain degree of cleanliness, your solution will work. Otherwise, you really need a parser. And a parser will be slower, having to keep track of opening brackets and quotes.

It's like the old saying, "Only perl can parse Perl."

In reply to Re: HTML Matching by chromatic
in thread HTML Matching by spaz

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.