From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2006-07-26T03:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: strip tags?

Christian Neukirchen wrote:
> "William James" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > re = %r{
> >     <
> >       (?:
> >         # Any characters but > or " .
> >         [^>"] +
> >         |
> >         # Characters within quotes.
> >         # Allow escaped quotes.
> >         "
> >           (?:
> >               # Accept any escaped character.
> >               \\.
> >               |
> >               [^"\\] +
> >           ) *
> >         "
> >       ) *
> >     >
> > }xm
> >
> > print DATA.read.gsub( re, '' )
>
> <foo bar='"quux"' />

re = %r{
    <
      (?:
          [^>"'] +
        |
          "
            (?: \\.  |  [^\\"] + ) *
          "
        |
          '
            (?: \\.  |  [^\\'] + ) *
          '
      ) *
    >

}xm

print DATA.read.gsub( re, '' )

__END__
Some<><"">
<bar quux='"foo>bar' /> text
to <?xml version="1.0"?>
<bar quux="foo>bar"/> save
for <bar quux="foo<bar" />
<foo bar='"quux"' /> later
<bar quux="\"foo><bar>" />reading.