striping HTML tags from string, but leaving paragraph formatting

[Kevin Blount]

I have a string of HTML (used for a specific purpose) that I'd like to
use somewhere else but as plain text. Rather than introduce a
specifically created plain text version I'd like to strip the tags code
from the HTML version. This in itself is easy, using a function such
as:

Function HTMLDecode(Expression)
Dim sTemp
sTemp = Expression
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, ">", ">", , , 1)
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, "&lt;", "<", , , 1)
'Repeat for each defined entity
HTMLDecode = sTemp
End Function

However, the difficulty comes when trying keep each paragraph seperate.
For example, the string "this is<p>my name" shows on screen as:

this is

my name

if I use the above function, it strips out the <p> tag and shows the
result on one line:

this is my name

I thought I could use something like:

str = replace(str, "<p>", chr(10))

but that doesn't seem to work. Can anyone help me replace <br> and <p>
tags with something that's recognised as "plain" text but will keep the
paragraphs and new lines formatted correctly??

[Evertjan.]

Kevin Blount wrote on 06 dec 2005 in
microsoft.public.inetserver.asp.general:

Function HTMLDecode(Expression)
Dim sTemp
sTemp = Expression
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, "&gt;", ">", , , 1)
This is not necessary, if all the < are gone.
sTemp = Replace(sTemp, "&lt;", "<", , , 1)
this is enough
'Repeat for each defined entity
???
HTMLDecode = sTemp
End Function

However, the difficulty comes when trying keep each paragraph seperate.
For example, the string "this is<p>my name" shows on screen as:

this is

my name

if I use the above function, it strips out the <p> tag and shows the
result on one line:

this is my name

I don't think so, it will be: "this is&lt;p>my name"

rendered by the browser to show:

this is<p>my name

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I would define your function in ASP-jscript:

<% = HTMLDecode("this is<p>my name") %>

<script language=jscript runat=server>
function HTMLDecode(Expression) {
return Expression.replace(/</g,'&lt;')
}
</script>


--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Replace all crosses with dots in my emailaddress)

[Kevin Blount]

Thanks for the response. That function didn't do what I was looking
for, but I was able to figure it out.