[erlang-questions] How to extract string between XML tags

[PAILLEAU Eric]

hello,
sorry did not see this question before.

A simple regexp is possible "<\/?[^>]{1,}>"

re:replace("<th>title <b>bold</b></th>","<\/?[^>]{1,}>","", [global, 
{return, list}]).
"title bold"



Le 25/09/2018 à 23:56, lloyd@REDACTED a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> By now I should know how to do this. But I've fumbled for more time than I have to find an elegant solution.
> 
> Can anyone show a better way?
> 
> Example string: "<th>Firstname</th>"  % NOTE: could be any valid tag
> 
> My kludge:
> 
> extract_text(TaggedText) ->
>    Split = re:split(TaggedText, "<"),
>    Split2 = lists:nth(2, Split),
>    Split3 = binary_to_list(Split2),
>    Split4 = re:split(Split3, ">"),
>    Split5 = lists:nth(2, Split4),
>    binary_to_list(Split5).
> 
> Surely there's a better way.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> LRP
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