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Remove HTML Tags From A String

06.16.2009

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        // removes html tags from a string

function strip_html(str_html)
	dim objRegExp, str_output
	set objRegExp = new Regexp

	if not isNull(str_html) then
	
	objRegExp.IgnoreCase = True
	objRegExp.Global = True
	objRegExp.Pattern = "<(.|\n)+?>"

	str_output = objRegExp.Replace(str_html,"")
	str_output = Replace(str_output,"<","<")
	str_output = Replace(str_output,">",">")
	str_output = Replace(str_output,"""","'")
	strip_html = str_output
	
	end if
	
	set objRegExp = Nothing
end function

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