how to remove the <br/> using regex in java?

Question

how to get value without <br/> tag using regex n java?

my String is:

<Div>
  West Newton, MA 02465
    <br/>USA
</Div>

output should be like:

West Newton, MA 02465
USA

my pattern is like:

Pattern p8 = Pattern
                .compile("<div class=\"leftLabel\">Nickname</div>\\s+<div class=\"rightContent\">([^<]*)</div>");
Matcher m8 = p8.matcher(responseBody);

i didnt get anything as result. what i have to put there(instead of ([^<]*)).

How?

Answer 1

Try this:

String fixedString = badString.replaceAll("<br\s*/>", "");

Answer 2

Are you sure you need regex for it?

why not just remove all tags, e. g. replace '<br/>' with "" or "\n", as you like?

Answer 3

To get rid of all the tags in the string you can match:

<[^>]*>

and replace it with ''