Stripping html tags from text

[Spondishy]

Hi,

I'm looking for help with a regular expression and c#.

I want to remove all tags from a piece of html except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

Help would be appreciated, along with an explanation of the reg
expression created.

Thanks.

[Kevin Spencer]

HTML is complex. It would be better instead to say that you want to
*retrieve* *only* all of the following tags. That way, they are the only
tags the Regular Expression will have to look for.

The following will do this:

(?i)<\s*(a|br|h 1|h2|h3)[^>]*>(?:([^<\r\n]+)(?=(?:<\/\1)|(?:\r?\n))) ?

Note: Grouping is used in this Regular Expression. It groups the tag names
into Group 1, and the InnerText into Group 2, in case you need either of
these.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer

Presuming that God is "only an idea" -
Ideas exist.
Therefore, God exists.

"Spondishy" <sp*******@tisc ali.co.uk> wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking for help with a regular expression and c#.

I want to remove all tags from a piece of html except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

Help would be appreciated, along with an explanation of the reg
expression created.

Thanks.

[m.posseth]

i use this in VB

Private Function stripHTML(ByVal strHTML) As String

Dim objRegExp As New System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

Return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "")

End Function

so the regex System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

does the trick

so in C# it would be ( i am a VB coder so don`t shoot me )

private string stripHTML(objec t strHTML)

{

System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex objRegExp = new
System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>");

return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "");

}

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

"Spondishy" <sp*******@tisc ali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@z 34g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

Hi,

I'm looking for help with a regular expression and c#.

I want to remove all tags from a piece of html except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

Help would be appreciated, along with an explanation of the reg
expression created.

Thanks.

[Kevin Spencer]

The problem with that Regular Expression (in this case) is that it simply
matches all tags in the page. It doesn't match InnerText, as he requested,
and it matches end tags as separate matches. It is excellent for, for
example, stripping HTML tags from a page, but not for his requirements.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer

Presuming that God is "only an idea" -
Ideas exist.
Therefore, God exists.

"m.posseth" <mi*****@nohaus ystems.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

i use this in VB

Private Function stripHTML(ByVal strHTML) As String

Dim objRegExp As New System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

Return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "")

End Function

so the regex System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

does the trick

so in C# it would be ( i am a VB coder so don`t shoot me )

private string stripHTML(objec t strHTML)

{

System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex objRegExp = new
System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>");

return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "");

}

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

"Spondishy" <sp*******@tisc ali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@z 34g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

Hi,

I'm looking for help with a regular expression and c#.

I want to remove all tags from a piece of html except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

Help would be appreciated, along with an explanation of the reg
expression created.

Thanks.

[m.posseth]

Oops :-)

i just read "Stripping html tags from text" and missed the exclusion part

except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

my code will convert
<html>
<head>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>bla bla </td></tr>
</table>
</body>
</head>
</html>

into

bla bla
regards

Michel


"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMM ERSDIEtakempis. com> wrote in message
news:eI******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl... The problem with that Regular Expression (in this case) is that it simply
matches all tags in the page. It doesn't match InnerText, as he requested,
and it matches end tags as separate matches. It is excellent for, for
example, stripping HTML tags from a page, but not for his requirements.

--
HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer

Presuming that God is "only an idea" -
Ideas exist.
Therefore, God exists.

"m.posseth" <mi*****@nohaus ystems.nl> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP11.phx.gbl. ..

i use this in VB

Private Function stripHTML(ByVal strHTML) As String

Dim objRegExp As New System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

Return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "")

End Function

so the regex System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>")

does the trick

so in C# it would be ( i am a VB coder so don`t shoot me )

private string stripHTML(objec t strHTML)

{

System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex objRegExp = new
System.Text.Reg ularExpressions .Regex("<(.|\n) +?>");

return objRegExp.Repla ce(strHTML, "");

}

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

"Spondishy" <sp*******@tisc ali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11******** *************@z 34g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

Hi,

I'm looking for help with a regular expression and c#.

I want to remove all tags from a piece of html except the following.

<a>
<b>
<h1>
<h2>
<h3>

Also, <a> could be <a href="aa">aaa</a> etc.

Help would be appreciated, along with an explanation of the reg
expression created.

Thanks.