tagstrip( function

tagstrip(

TEXT

HEADER

TRAILER

)

The tagstrip( function removes tags (usually HTML tags) from within a piece of text.

Parameters

This function has three parameters:

text – is the item of text that contains the tags you want to strip out.

header – is the text that you want to use as a tag header. For example, if you want to strip out all HTML tags, use "<" as the header. If you wanted to strip out bold text you would use "<B>" as the header. (Note: Upper or lower case is ignored, so "<b>" will also work.)

trailer – is the text that you want to use as a tag trailer. For example, if you want to strip out all HTML tags, use ">" as the trailer. If you wanted to strip out bold text you would use"</B>" as the trailer. (Note: Upper or lower case is ignored, so "</b>" will also work.)

Description

This function removes tags (usually HTML tags) from within a piece of text. See HTML Tag Parsing for more information on HTML tags. The original text is returned with the specified tags stripped out.

This example strips out all HTML tags from the text.

tagstrip("<b>Now</b> is <i>the time</i>.","<",">") ☞ Now is the time.

This example strips out only IMG tags.

tagstrip("<b>Bob Smith</b> <img src=photoofbob.jpg> <i>in 1998</i>","<img",">")
    ☞ <b>Bob Smith</b>  <i>in 1998</i>

See Also

gettaglocation -- locates the first matching tag within some text.
gettaglocations -- locates all matching tags within some text.
settagdata -- changes the contents of a tag.
setxtagvalue -- changes the contents of a tag.
tagarray( -- builds an array (see Text Arrays) containing the body of all the specified tags (usually HTML tags) in the text.
tagcount( -- counts the number of times a specified tag (usually an HTML tag) appears in the text. See Tag Parsing for more information on HTML tags.
tagdata( -- extracts the body of the specified tag (usually an HTML tag) in the text. See Tag Parsing for more information on HTML tags.
tagend( -- returns the ending position of the specified tag (usually an HTML tag) in the text.
tagnumber( -- checks to see if a specified position is inside of a tag (usually an HTML tag).
tagparameter( -- extracts the value of a tag parameter embedded in some text, where the tag parameter takes the form *name=value*.
tagstart( -- returns the starting position of the specified tag (usually an HTML tag) in the text.
xtag( -- generates an HTML/XML tag.
xtagvalue( -- extracts the text from the first matching HTML or XML tag.

History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	No Change	Carried over from Panorama 6.0