Vb.net Regex - remove html tags from string

Question

My String Is :

<span class="name">name1</span><br> <span class="name">name2</span>

i want to remove : "" and "" from my string,

i can use the simple replace function, but regex is better because the operators.

i tried:

Regex.Replace(elm.InnerHtml, "<(.|\n)+?>", String.Empty)

but:

<(.|\n)+?>

remove all html tags , and i need to remove span only.

burning_LEGION · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-08 17:47:56Z

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replace this regex <span.+? with empty string

Regex.Replace(elm.InnerHtml, @"<span.+?</span>", String.Empty)

if you want save text between tags use this one </?span.*?>

Regex.Replace(elm.InnerHtml, @"</?span.*?>", String.Empty)

answered Aug 8, 2012 at 17:42

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i tried, this regex remove the string between : -string- i want to remov the tag but keep the string between the tag.

thank you!, this regex removing " and " and save the string between, but the regex not removing the "class=classname"