Comments on: Working with HTML markup

By: Mike G.

Mike G. — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:57:50 +0000


 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 ...

public static string RemoveHTML(string in_HTML)
{
   return Server.HtmlDecode(Regex.Replace(in_HTML, "", ""));
}

if not in HTTP Context page, then use the fully qualified reference System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.HtmlDecode if this function is in a class file rather than a page, usercontrol etc.

By: Skunk

Skunk — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

A shorter way of doing this is with a regular expression replacement tool that supports callbacks - i.e one that lets you find a certain pattern and replace it with the return value of a function that takes the matched pattern. You can see an example of the technique using PHP here:

http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2003/09/20/pirateCode

The same technique can also be used in Python and Javascript. I’ve never used .NET but from glancing over the docs it looks like the Regex.Replace(String, MatchEvaluator) method would do the job.

By: miseldine

miseldine — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Ah yes. You’d need to use the MatchCollection I believe from a regular expression and process it accordingly.

Regular expressions have always confused me to be honest…they’re so pretty yet ugly at the same time :)

By: AlexW

AlexW — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I reckon Harry Potter would be into regular expressions. Concoct some obscure incantation, unleash it, and it does something very cool but slightly scary. Definitely a dark art.

By: Manjesh

Manjesh — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

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