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in thread close end tag

#!/usr/bin/perl
while($line = <DATA>){
@valid_entities= ('<a>','<td>','<th>','<var>','<br>');
my %htmlenties = map { $_ =>1 } @valid_entities;

$line =~  s/(<(\w+?)(>))/exists $htmlenties{$1} ? $1 : defined ($2) ? 
+"&lt;$2$3" : '&lt;'/eg;

print $line;
}

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<Hello>Hi...<BR>how r u<br>

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Can I replace '<' to '<' and '>' to '>' if it is not a HTML element? I have coded to replace < but not able to add >

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Re^3: close end tag
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 27, 2009 at 07:12 UTC
    What does this mean? You want to convert '<' to  &lt; and '>' to &gt;
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      #!/usr/bin/perl
while($line = <DATA>){

@valid_entities= ('<a>','<abbr>','<acronym>');
my %htmlenties = map { $_ =>1 } @valid_entities;

$line =~  s/(<(\w+?)>)/exists $htmlenties{$1} ? $1 : defined ($2) ? "&
+lt;$2&gt;" : "&lt;"/eg;

print $line;
}

__DATA__
<helloe>How r u <a> www.google.com</a>
<Hi>How r u </hi>

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      Hi, I have replaced the '<' with &lt; and '>' with &gt;
      But now the problem is
      even if the tag has closing tag, the character get's replaced.
      Please tell me how to avoid it?
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