<%
Option Explicit

Function stripHTML(strtext)
dim arysplit,i,j, strOutput
arysplit=split(strtext,”<“)

  if len(arysplit(0))>0 then j=1 else j=0

  for i=j to ubound(arysplit)
     if instr(arysplit(i),”>”) then
       arysplit(i)=mid(arysplit(i),instr(arysplit(i),”>”)+1)
     else
       arysplit(i)=”<” & arysplit(i)
     end if
  next

  strOutput = join(arysplit, “”)
  strOutput = mid(strOutput, 2-j)
  strOutput = replace(strOutput,”>”,”>”)
  strOutput = replace(strOutput,”<“,”<“)

  stripHTML = strOutput
End Function

%>

<form method=”post” id=form1 name=form1>
  <b>Enter an HTML String:</b><br>
  <textarea name=”txtHTML” cols=”50″ rows=”8″ wrap=”virtual”><%=Request(“txtHTML”)%></textarea>
  <p>
  <input type=”submit” value=”Strip HTML Tags!” id=submit1 name=submit1>
</form>

<% if Len(Request(“txtHTML”)) > 0 then %>
    <p><hr><p>
    <b><u>View of string <i>with no</i> HTML stripping:</u></b><br>
    <xmp>
    <%=Request(“txtHTML”)%>
    </xmp><p>
    <b><u>View of string <i>with</i> HTML stripping:</u></b><br>
    <pre>
    <%=StripHTML(Request(“txtHTML”))%>
    </pre>
<% End If %>