how can i remove an outer <p>...</p> from a string

Question

I want to query a string (html) from a database and display it on a webpage. The problem is that the data has a

 <p> around the text (ending with </p>

I want to strip this outer tag in my viewmodel or controlleraction that returns this data. what is the best way of doing this in C#?

Answer 1

Might be overkill for your needs, but if you want to parse the HTML you can use the HtmlAgilityPack - certainly a cleaner solution in general than most suggested here, although it might not be as performant:

HtmlDocument doc = new HtmlDocument();
doc.LoadHtml("<p> around the text (ending with </p>");
string result = doc.DocumentNode.FirstChild.InnerHtml;