Question

I am trying to parse the “html_instructions” string from the “steps” array at this link:

I have no trouble parsing the string, but it returns with bits of code mixed in. For Example, the parsed string of:

"html_instructions" : "Head \u003cb\u003esouthwest\u003c/b\u003e toward \u003cb\u003eCapitol Square SW\u003c/b\u003e",

Appears as:

Head<br>southwest"</br>"towards<br>...

Instead of appearing simply as:

Head southwest towards...

Is there a way i can format the string to remove the “breaks”? Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

You can use a regex to remove HTML tags from your content.

  String htmlString = "Head<br>southwest</br>towards<br>...";
  String noHtml = htmlString.replaceAll("<[^>]*>", "");