# StripHtml

| **Name**    | ***StripHtml***                                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syntax      | StripHtml (String htmlText)                                                                                                                                       |
| Purpose     | To strip a string’s HTML tags and return text.                                                                                                                    |
| Description | Strips out HTML tags and returns text in the string.                                                                                                              |
| Return Type | String                                                                                                                                                            |
| Parameters  | <p>htmlText \[System.String] – HTML text that is to be stripped</p><p>decode \[System.Boolean] – whether to decode the resulting HTML string. Default is true</p> |

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(179\).png)

**Example**

In this example, we are passing the required parameters to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object.

Where,

*htmlText*: \<p>Hello World.\</p> \<p>This is a test.\</p>

*decode =* True

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(179\).png)

Right-click on the function transformation object and select *Preview Output.* You can see that Astera Data Stack has returned a string values, stripped of HTML tags.

![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(180\).png)