How can I get the text of a in a webpage?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2021-05-22T11:59:21.740" class="fromnow">May 22 '21 at 11:59</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2021-05-22T12:05:32.583" datetime="2021-05-22T12:05:32.583">May 22 '21 at 12:05</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 52 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 52 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="67649205" data-ownerid="15647801" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" 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line </textarea> </body> </html> </code></pre> <p>How can I get the text in the textarea by c# code?</p> <blockquote> <p>(testing\nsecond line)</p> </blockquote></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/c#" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'c#'" rel="tag">c#</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/html" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'html'" rel="tag">html</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/webclient" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'webclient'" rel="tag">webclient</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked May 22 '21 at 11:59">asked May 22 '21 at 11:59</time> <a 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data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-119572739" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="119572739" data-comment-owner-id="1197518" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment119572739_67649205"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Use an [HTML Parser](https://www.bing.com/search?q=c%23%20HTML%20Parser&qs=n&form=QBRE&sp=-1&pq=c%23%20html%20parser&sc=7-14&sk=&cvid=172C2E4BE729422BA366C1ACC78B7BE1)</span> – <a href="../../users/1197518/steve" title="213,761 reputation" class="comment-user ">Steve</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/67649205/how-can-i-get-the-text-of-a-textarea-in-a-webpage#comment119572739_67649205"><span title="2021-05-22T12:01:18.973 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">May 22 '21 at 12:01</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="67649258"></a> <div id="answer-67649258" class="answer " data-answerid="67649258" data-ownerid="2693674" data-score="0" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="67649258"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You should use a dedicated HTML parser.</p> <p>However, if this is a quick-and-dirty requirement, you <em>could</em> use a regex with a capturing group, something like this:</p> <pre><code>var html = <your HTML for parsing>; var pattern = @"<textarea.>([.\s\S])</textarea>"; var matches = Regex.Matches(html, pattern); if (matches.Count > 0 && matches[0].Groups.Count > 1) ... </code></pre> <p>You can then extract the captured group (the part in round brackets in the regex) using something like:</p> <pre><code>var text = match.Groups[1].Captures[1]; </code></pre> <p>See <a href="../../questions/6375873/regular-expression-groups-in-c">this answer</a> for more details.</p> <p>This is brittle and I do not recommend this for re-use or production code.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered May 22 '21 at 12:05">answered May 22 '21 at 12:05</time> <a href="../../users/2693674/neil-t" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2693674.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Neil T" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2693674/neil-t" class="s-user-card--link">Neil T</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1,794</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blinggold" title="1 gold badge">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="12 silver badge">12</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" 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reputation" class="comment-user owner">Coding Noob</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/67649205/how-can-i-get-the-text-of-a-textarea-in-a-webpage#comment119575280_67649258"><span title="2021-05-22T14:33:26.657 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">May 22 '21 at 14:33</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-119577350" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="119577350" data-comment-owner-id="2693674" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment119577350_67649258"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Yes, `html` here is the full block of text (HTML) you've posted in the question. If the source HTML contains multiple `textarea` elements then this will be trickier (and you really should use an HTML parser in that case).</span> – <a href="../../users/2693674/neil-t" title="1,794 reputation" class="comment-user ">Neil T</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/67649205/how-can-i-get-the-text-of-a-textarea-in-a-webpage#comment119577350_67649258"><span title="2021-05-22T16:31:01.643 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">May 22 '21 at 16:31</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>