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strip_html_string.rb
# From Euan's blog post
# http://www.ghastlyfop.com/blog/2008/12/strip-html-tags-from-string-ruby.html
require 'hpricot'
page = Hpricot("<b>some marked up <i>text</i></b>")
puts page.to_plain_text
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