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.NET Forum / .NET Framework / New Users / September 2006RegEx substring
Ok I am new to RegEx and what I am trying to do is find a substring. I have a string that constantly changes. This string is pulled from an Atom feed from a blog. I need to strip the HTML formatting from this string and just grab the inner text. If this is my string: "<div>Hello my name is bryan and I am learning regex!</div>" I need to be able to just grab what is in between <div> and </div> I thought this would work but it still grabs the div's code... Regex: <div>.*?</div> How can i modify this expression to eliminate the div's ? Thanks Bryan (?![^<]*)<[^>]*?> This matches all HTML markup. It is the opposite of what you want. If you remove all text matched by this regular expression, what's left over is what you want.  SignatureHTH, Kevin Spencer Microsoft MVP Chicken Salad Surgery It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken salad. > Ok I am new to RegEx and what I am trying to do is find a substring. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks > Bryan This may not help me, becuase the text I am parsing is code from a blog and likely to include formatting tags. I would want to keep all the formatting markup, whether it be style,s fonts, line breaks, etc. I just need to eliminate the first div and last div. > (?![^<]*)<[^>]*?> > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Thanks > > Bryan Not a problem. (?<=<div[^>]*>).*?(?=</div>) I'll explain: This uses a positive LookBehind and a positive LookAhead. The LookBehind and LookAhead are non-capturing expressions, which indicate that the Match must be preceded by or followed by a certain pattern. The Matches in the LookBehind and LookAhead are not captured. So, only the text between them is. In addition, a div may have attributes, so I added an expression to the LookBehind, indicating that the opening div tag can have any characters in it other than the '>' character, prior to the closing '>' character. SignatureHTH, Kevin Spencer Microsoft MVP Chicken Salad Surgery What You Seek Is What You Get. > This may not help me, becuase the text I am parsing is code from a blog > and likely to include formatting tags. I would want to keep all the [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >> > Thanks >> > Bryan Thanks a million, Kevin That line of code was golden! I appreciate your time and effort very much. Thanks again, Bryan http://www.staga.net --------------------------- > Not a problem. > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >> > Thanks > >> > Bryan Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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