Question

How to remove HTML tags from a string in C++

Answer 1

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

std::string removeHtmlTags(const std::string& input) {
    std::string output;
    bool inTag = false;

    for (char ch : input) {
        if (ch == '<') {
            inTag = true;
        } else if (ch == '>') {
            inTag = false;
        } else if (!inTag) {
            output += ch;
        }
    }

    return output;
}

int main() {
    std::string htmlString = "<p>This is a <b>bold</b> C++</p>";
    
    std::string cleanString = removeHtmlTags(htmlString);
    
    std::cout << cleanString << std::endl;  
}

 
 
/*
run:

This is a bold C++
 
*/

 

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