<%
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 %>