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htm2txt (version 2.2.2)

htm2txt: Convert a html document to plain texts by stripping off all html tags

Description

Convert a html document to plain texts by stripping off all html tags

Usage

htm2txt(htm, list = "\n• ", pagebreak = "\n\n----------\n\n")

Arguments

htm

A character vector, containing a html document, to be converted into plain texts (other objects are coerced into character vectors).

list

A character that replaces "li" tags (referring to a numbering or bullet for lists). The default is a line change followed by a bullet character and a space.

pagebreak

A character that replaces "hr" tags (referring to a thematic change in the content or a page break).

Value

A character vector containing plain texts converted from the html document.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
text = htm2txt("<html><body>html texts</body></html>")
text = htm2txt(c("Hello<p>World", "Goodbye<br>Friends"))
text = htm2txt("<p>Menu:</p><ul></li>Coffee</li><li>Tea</li></ul>", list = "\n- ")
text = htm2txt("Page 1<hr>Page 2", pagebreak = "\n\n[NEW PAGE]\n\n")
# }

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