strip_html.swift

func removeHTML(_ str:String) -> String {
        var html            = str
        let scanner         = NSScanner(string: html)
        var text:NSString?  = ""
        
        while !scanner.atEnd {
            scanner.scanUpToString("<", intoString: nil)
            scanner.scanUpToString(">", intoString: &text)
            
            if let replaceText = text as? String {
                html = html.stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString("\(replaceText)>", withString: "")
            }
        }
        
        return html
    }