From: Pistos Christou <jesusrubsyou.5.pistos@...>
Date: 2006-05-06T03:15:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Noob Question - String Manipulation...

Joseph Michaels wrote:
>> I have a string that contains html formating.  All I want is the plain
>> text.
> html_string.gsub(/<[^>]+>/, "")
> Replacing that regex with something better, probably.

gsubbing breaks down for more complex test cases, such as things 
containing source code, or problematic attribute strings (e.g. <sometag 
someattr="some>str">).

If you really want to be accurate, I suggest using an XML or HTML 
parsing tool, such as Mechanize or RubyfulSoup.

Pistos

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