How can I extract text from HTML using c++?

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How can I parse HTML tags using c++?

eg:

<html><body>examlpe text </body></html>

If this is an exercise, you're better off by starting with XHTML input. It's similar enough for learning purposes, but much better structured. E.g. there are no unmatched <br> tags in XHTML. — MSalters
– MSalters, Commented Aug 31, 2010 at 7:25

easel · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-31 02:18:17Z

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The easiest option would be to use an HTML parsing library. libxml2 is a solid open-source one, although it's technically a C library. You'd need to load your html and then walk through the DOM pulling out all the text() nodes. I don't know that I'd recommend this as your first C++ task.

answered Aug 31, 2010 at 2:18

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easel Over a year ago

They have a tutorial at xmlsoft.org/tutorial/ar01s05.html. You could also just count the <> characters and extract everything that's not inside a tag. If this is a homework problem, that's probably the solution they are looking for. I'm not going to write it for you.

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