Question

I need to split this/similar string to get the VALUE

<a  href="javascript:void(0);" id="def_" name="color" rel="ml">VALUE</a>

I can do String.Split(“>”) and then another StringArr[1].Split(“<“) but that is not efficient and bulky.

What would be the way way to do it?

Answer 1

You need a parser, trying to split the string would be just a temporary hack. Look into HtmlAgilityPack

For your example HTML this would like this:

HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml(inputHtml);

var text = doc.DocumentNode
              .Descendants("a")
              .Where(x => x.Attributes["id"]!=null && 
                          x.Attributes["id"].Value == "def_")
              .First()
              .InnerText;