strip text from HTML

Does anybody here have an algorithm to strip the text from an HTML page?

for instance, i have a page in html with lots of data on it, but when i open it with a text stream reader, i get all the "color=, border =' etc.... crap as well as the text that i want.

if anybody has a function lying around that does this, it would be greatly appreciated.

this is what i could think of >>

pass your html to this funcion, it removes whatevers between < and >

Code:

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    Public Function GetTextFromHtml(ByVal input As String) As String
        Dim substring() As String = input.Split("<")
        Dim output As String
        Dim enm As IEnumerator = substring.GetEnumerator
        While enm.MoveNext
            Dim counter As Integer
            Dim ishtml As Boolean
            For counter = 1 To enm.Current.Length()
                If enm.Current.Chars(counter - 1) = ">" Then
                    output &= enm.Current.Substring(counter) & vbCrLf
                    ishtml = True
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
            If Not ishtml Then output &= enm.Current & vbCrLf
        End While
        Return output
    End Function

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but you have to think of something for the double quotes in the html code, since you have to pass a string to the function


is this what you want? if not plz let me know

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/042501-1.shtml

However you will still face problems on complicated pages.

hmmmm... thanks for the suggestions guys, but unfortunaly they're not really returning readable output.

here's the page that i'm trying to get into a text format:

http://www.ssp.co.uk/coupons/coupon.htm

any other ideas?

I think what you want is just the text from the web page right.
Well let me know if this is what you want.

Hey Stick,

thanks for that. seems to work well. will test more and let you no.

cheers.

:cool:

hhmmmm..... it works well for single html pages, but the problem comes when you introduce frames. it doesn't seem to always pick up the main frame.

:confused: