Remove Html Format from String - iphone

Question

I have been trying to format a string in my text view but I cant work it out. Im very new to xcode.
Am i missing something in this file? I have been looking through stack and this is how you do it..but its not working.
- (NSString *)stripTags:(NSString *)str
{
NSMutableString *html = [NSMutableString stringWithCapacity:[str length]];
NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:str];
scanner.charactersToBeSkipped = NULL;
NSString *tempText = nil;
while (![scanner isAtEnd])
{
[scanner scanUpToString:#"<" intoString:&tempText];
if (tempText != nil)
[html appendString:tempText];
[scanner scanUpToString:#">" intoString:NULL];
if (![scanner isAtEnd])
[scanner setScanLocation:[scanner scanLocation] + 1];
tempText = nil;
}
return html;
}
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSString *str = newsArticle;
descTextView.text = [NSString stringWithString:str];
// Do any additional setup after loading the view from its nib.
}

Answer 1

This code is a modified version of what was posted as an answer to a similar question here https://stackoverflow.com/a/4886998/283412. This will take your HTML string and strip out the formatting.
-(void)myMethod
{
NSString* htmlStr = #"<some>html</string>";
NSString* strWithoutFormatting = [self stringByStrippingHTML:htmlStr];
}
-(NSString *)stringByStrippingHTML:(NSString*)str
{
NSRange r;
while ((r = [str rangeOfString:#"<[^>]+>" options:NSRegularExpressionSearch]).location != NSNotFound)
{
str = [str stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:r withString:#""];
}
return str;
}

Answer 2

You are trying to put HTML into a label. You want to use a UIWebView.

Answer 3

#try this one
-(NSString *) stringByStrippingHTML:(NSString *)HTMLString {
NSRange r;
while ((r = [HTMLString rangeOfString:#"<[^>]+>" options:NSRegularExpressionSearch]).location != NSNotFound)
HTMLString = [HTMLString stringByReplacingCharactersInRange:r withString:#""];
return HTMLString;
}