How to remove HTML tags from a string in C

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdbool.h>

void removeHTMLTags(char *src, char *dest) {
    bool inTag = false;
    
    while (*src) {
        if (*src == '<') {
            inTag = true;
        } else if (*src == '>') {
            inTag = false;
        } else if (!inTag) {
            *dest++ = *src;
        }
        src++;
    }
    
    *dest = '\0';
}

int main() {
    char src[] = "<html><body>C Programming, <b>bold</b>!</body></html>";
    char dest[128] = ""; 
    
    removeHTMLTags(src, dest);
    
    printf("%s\n", dest);
    
    return 0;
}


/*
run:

C Programming, bold!

*/

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answered Mar 15, 2025 by avibootz

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