Has anyone made a parser that converts HTML tags for special characters etc into plain text? Ie; Input one string and get a plain text formated version out?

Ie;
code:
"Implacável" >>> "Implacável"
If not, I'm thinking of writing such a thing (UDF)... need some pointers though.

What about putting a conversion list, like this one or this one for example, in an array, and then somehow replace the characters? How do I optimize the loops in the best manner?

Or perhaps, since these are all CHR() codes (although it seems to be a different table), perhaps one can use that in a smart way?

Edit
hmm.. I guess specifying arrays with 150+ entries in each is hardly the best approach heh.. guessing there must be a COM object that can handle all this... problem is finding it [Big Grin]

[ 05. June 2003, 16:24: Message edited by: masken ]
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