Get plain text from HTML in .NET

Question

What is the best way to get a plain text string from an HTML string?

public string GetPlainText(string htmlString)
{
    // any .NET built in utility?
}
         


        

Answer 1

There is no built-in solution in the framework.

If you need to parse HTML I made good experience using a library called HTML Agility Pack.
It parses an HTML file and provides access to it by DOM, similar to the XML classes.