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How to Remove HTML Tags in Python with Regex

Strips all HTML tags from a string using a regular expression and cleans extra whitespace.

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import re

def remove_html_tags(text: str) -> str:
    """Remove all HTML tags from the given text using regex."""
    # Remove opening and closing tags
    clean = re.sub(r'<[^>]+>', '', text)
    # Remove any extra whitespace left behind
    clean = re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', clean).strip()
    return clean

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