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Hello all, I have a c++ program which retrieves stock information in JSON format from yahoo finance for a given stock symbol, one of the fields has the last trade value embedded in a bold tag - anyone know a way of removing the tag ? I've googled and all the methods I've found seem to involve external libraries all of which are overkill for my needs ( the program is only for my amusement watching my shares go downhill following the referendum :-) ) The offending line is shown below

LastTradeWithTime: 4 : 00pm - "<b>699.21</b>"

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Googling and asking here for some assistance

Posted 4-Jul-16 23:26pm

pkfox

Updated 5-Jul-16 20:35pm

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If you're sure the strings follow such a fixed format you may use string::substr (see string::substr - C++ Reference[^]) instead.

Posted 5-Jul-16 20:35pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-04T23:35:00

Solution 1

You could use a Regex:
Use

</?b>

As the match string, and use Regex.Replace to replace it with an empty string.

Posted 4-Jul-16 23:35pm

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pkfox 5-Jul-16 5:40am

Wouldn't that only catch the closing tag ?

OriginalGriff 5-Jul-16 5:47am

No, the "?" says "zero or one" of the preceding character.
Get a copy of Expresso:

http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm

It's free, and it examines and generates Regular expressions.

pkfox 5-Jul-16 5:50am

Ok cheers for that

pkfox 5-Jul-16 16:56pm

How do you get tags to show in the message ?

OriginalGriff 5-Jul-16 17:19pm

Edit it and you'll see - it's easier than trying to explain!
There's a "encode" option on the paste menu as well...