Decode or strip HTML tags from a string

STEntitiesConverter.m

// sample data is as follows
//// <h1>some data</h1> <h2>some other data</h2>
// and if you wish to extract data as follows
//// some data some other data

// use following class for decoding HTML string to normal text

@interface STEntitiesConverter : NSObject <NSXMLParserDelegate>
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSMutableString* resultString;
- (NSString*)convertEntiesInString:(NSString*)s;
@end

@implementation STEntitiesConverter

- (id)init {
    if([super init]) {
        self.resultString = [NSMutableString string];
    }
    return self;
}

- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)s {
    [self.resultString appendString:s];
}
- (NSString*)convertEntiesInString:(NSString*)s {
    if(s == nil) {
        NSLog(@"ERROR : Parameter string is nil");
    }
    NSString* xmlStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"<d>%@</d>", s];
    NSData *data = [xmlStr dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding allowLossyConversion:YES];
    NSXMLParser* xmlParse = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:data];
    [xmlParse setDelegate:self];
    [xmlParse parse];
    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",self.resultString];
}
- (void)dealloc {
    self.resultString = nil;
}

/// -----------
// sample usage

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
    [super viewDidLoad];
    NSString *str = @"<p>Intel Core</p>";
    STEntitiesConverter *converter = [[STEntitiesConverter alloc] init];
    NSString *str2 = [converter convertEntiesInString:str];
    NSLog(@"Stripped string is %@",str2);
}

@end