Java - How to remove angle brackets and text between from a string

Question

I would like to remove all the occurrences of angle brackets and the text in between, from my string. So given the following:

<a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_%28series%29">Grand Theft Auto</a> is a video game series created and primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North, published in 1998.

I need this:

Grand Theft Auto is a video game series created and primarily developed by Scottish developer Rockstar North, published in 1998.

I have tried using the following, which doesn't seems to change the original string at all:

string.replaceAll("<.*?>","");

Answer 1

Java strings are immutable , and don't change by themselves . You need to change them. Change this:

string.replaceAll("<.*?>","");

To this:

string = string.replaceAll("<.*?>","");

Answer 2

Try

String str = string.replaceAll("\\<.*?\\>", "");

Edit: Correction made @John Hascall comment.

Answer 3

String tmp = yourString.replaceAll("<a.*?>", "");
String finalString = tmp.replaceAll("</a>,"");
System.out.print(finalString);