a much quicker way involves only one line: <cfset strippedOfHTML = REReplaceNoCase(textWithHTML, "<[^>]*>", "", "ALL")>
this removes ALL HTML from a string. > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Klepner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 March 2002 16:38 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFSEARCH results: HTML vs. Plain Text > > > Ahhh! Very good, work like a charm- Thanks! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Peter Dray > > Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 10:13 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CFSEARCH results: HTML vs. Plain Text > > > > > > Hurahh, at last something I can help with.... > > > > I am duty bound to point out that I grabbed this code from > a custom tag on > > the dev exchange, their are plenty there. > > > > > > <cfset source="#yourTextString#"> > > <cfscript> > > EndLoop = 0; > > StartPosition = 1; > > while (StartPosition gt 0){ > > StartPosition = > > REFindNoCase("</*[[:alpha:]]",source); > > if(StartPosition gt 0){ > > > endPosition=Find(">",source,StartPosition); > > if(endPosition gt 0){ > > source = > > RemoveChars(source,StartPosition,EndPosition-StartPosition+1); > > startPosition = 1; > > } > > }else{ > > endLoop = 1; > > } > > } > > OutputText=trim(source); > > </cfscript> > > > > <cfoutput>#source#</cfoutput> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Louis Klepner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 13 March 2002 14:31 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: CFSEARCH results: HTML vs. Plain Text > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I've got lightly formatted HTML in a database (bold / > italic / lists). I'm > > using the CFINDEX Query function to fill a CFCOLLECTION. My > problem is the > > HTML. I'd prefer to display my search results as plain text. Is > > there a way > > to strip HTML formatting? I've tried the string functions, but > > just haven't > > figured out how to eliminate the HTML. Can someone give me a couple > > pointers? > > > > Thanks, > > Lou Klepner > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 2000 Server · PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionc FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
