grab TEXT ONLY from website

Question

How can i grab text ONLY from a website html but only the text and not the html?

i want to grab this site

i used this code

TextBox1.Text = WebBrowser2.DocumentText

But when i grab it it comes out like this

sdfasdfad<br>asdfasdfa<br>dfasdf<br>aasd<br>fs<br>dfa<br>sdf<br>asdf<br>asd<br>f<br>as

But i want it to be this:

sdfasdfad
asdfasdfa
dfasdf
aasd
fs
dfa
sdf
asdf
asd
f
as

Take a look here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/181095/regular-expression-to-extract-text-from-html — Im0rtality, Aug 08 '11 at 07:33

Jordan · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-08T07:50:14.520

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Well the simplest method for that particular use case would be

TextBox1.Text = WebBrowser2.DocumentText.Replace("<br>", vbCrLf);

If you have more complex HTML, you should look into Regular Expressions.

edited Aug 08 '11 at 07:50

answered Aug 08 '11 at 07:33

Jordan

Nope my html is just what you see above – Austin Mont Aug 08 '11 at 07:45
Well that was easy then :) Good luck. – Jordan Aug 08 '11 at 07:48
Jordan That did nothing it didn't change any thing TextBox1.Text = WebBrowser2.DocumentText WebBrowser2.DocumentText.Replace("
", vbCrLf) – Austin Mont Aug 08 '11 at 07:49
Is there a way to replace the
with a new line? – Austin Mont Aug 08 '11 at 07:50
@Austin I updated my answer to be a complete solution. All 1 line of it. – Jordan Aug 08 '11 at 07:50
Wow! Thanks Jordan You Rock! Worked – Austin Mont Aug 08 '11 at 07:51

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