Strip HTML start and end tags from each string if they are present : Regex Match « Regular Expression « C# / CSharp Tutorial

1. C# / CSharp Tutorial
2. Regular Expression
3. Regex Match

using System;

public class Example 
{
   public static void Main() 
   {
      string[] strSource = { "<b>bold</b>", "<H1>header</H1>"};

      foreach (string s in strSource)
      {
         string item = s;
         if (item.Trim().EndsWith(">")) 
         {
            int endTagStartPosition = item.LastIndexOf("</");
            if (endTagStartPosition >= 0 )
               item = item.Substring(0, endTagStartPosition);

            if (item.Trim().StartsWith("<"))
            {
               int openTagEndPosition = item.IndexOf(">");
               if (openTagEndPosition >= 0)
                  item = item.Substring(openTagEndPosition + 1);
            }      
         }
         Console.WriteLine(item);

      }                   
   }
}