how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ??

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Re: how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ?? by GrandFather (Saint) on Nov 24, 2005 at 03:48 UTC
Take a look at HTML::TreeBuilder and the element method `as_text`. `use warnings; use strict; use HTML::TreeBuilder; my $string= " <html><head> i am sugar <br> smartest guy in the world < +br> </head></html>"; my $tree = HTML::TreeBuilder->new; $tree->parse ($string); print $tree->as_text ();` [download] Prints: `i am sugar smartest guy in the world` [download] DWIM is Perl's answer to Gödel	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ?? by jdporter (Paladin) on Nov 24, 2005 at 17:50 UTC
`print HTML::TreeBuilder->new_from_content( $string )->as_text;` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ?? by Trix606 (Monk) on Nov 24, 2005 at 03:13 UTC
Check CPAN for a bunch of modules that can help you out. HTML::Parser should do what you need.	[reply]
Re: how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ?? by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Nov 24, 2005 at 07:25 UTC
`use HTML::TokeParser::Simple; my $text; my $parser = HTML::TokeParser::Simple->new( \$string ); while( my $token = $parser->get_token ) { $text .= $token->as_is if $token->is_text; }` [download] Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to eliminate all html tags in a given string ?? by EvanCarroll (Chaplain) on Nov 24, 2005 at 09:24 UTC
Suggestions seem off, though they all work, I would highly suggest you use HTML::Strip. Evan Carroll www.EvanCarroll.com	[reply]