From: "Michael W. Ryder" <_mwryder@...>
Date: 2007-12-06T10:15:17+09:00
Subject: Ruby method to strip out XML codes?

I am trying to process an XML file that includes various codes.  The 
problem I am running into is that some of these codes are inserted into 
the middle of an encrypted string.  If I display the file using a 
browser these codes do not show up and copying and pasting the string 
work fine.  The problem occurs when I try to strip out the string in a 
program and these "extraneous" XML codes are included.  This of course 
makes the decryption routine crash.
What I am looking for is a simple way to read through the file and 
remove all the XML codes leaving just plain text.  I could probably 
write a series of regular expressions to remove each code that I can 
find in my text but am afraid I might miss some and it will come back to 
haunt me at a later time.