#!/usr/bin/python
# Routine by Micah D. Cochran
# Submitted on 26 Aug 2005
# This routine is allowed to be put under any license Open Source (GPL, BSD, LGPL, etc.) License
# or any Propriety License. Effectively this routine is in public domain. Please attribute where appropriate.
def strip_ml_tags(in_text):
"""Description: Removes all HTML/XML-like tags from the input text.
Inputs: s --> string of text
Outputs: text string without the tags
# doctest unit testing framework
>>> test_text = "Keep this Text <remove><me /> KEEP </remove> 123"
>>> strip_ml_tags(test_text)
'Keep this Text KEEP 123'
"""
# convert in_text to a mutable object (e.g. list)
s_list = list(in_text)
i,j = 0,0
while i < len(s_list):
# iterate until a left-angle bracket is found
if s_list[i] == '<':
while s_list[i] != '>':
# pop everything from the the left-angle bracket until the right-angle bracket
s_list.pop(i)
# pops the right-angle bracket, too
s_list.pop(i)
else:
i=i+1
# convert the list back into text
join_char=''
return join_char.join(s_list)
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
