ruby on rails regular expression to remove html tags and its content from text

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I want regular expression in ruby on rails which remove all the html tags and its content from the given text. For example if my text is :-INPUT :- ```

Hi ``` then it should display only OUTPUT should be as follows:- ``` Hi ``` in short i want regular expression or a function which remove <> and whatever the content between <>. Thanks & Regards, Salil Gaikwad

Accepted Answer

Your string is quite simple and that solution might work. However, you shouldn't reinvent the wheel. Rails already includes some powerful sanitization helpers. ``` string = '

Hi' strip_tags(string) ```

ruby on rails regular expression to remove html tags and its content from text

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