How to remove <![CDATA[]]>

[cadbilbao]

I'm trying to parse an XML document, but I get always:
<![CDATA[Text]]>
when I want to get only 'Text'

Is there any way to remove <![CDATA[]]> ???

I tried with:
$text =~ s|\Q<![CDATA[\E.*?\Q]]>\E||sg;
but I don't get any text.

Thank you very much.

 

[duncdude]

this should leave you with whatever is within the square braces

[b]#!/usr/bin/perl[/b]

$_ = '<![CDATA[Text]]>';

s/<!\[CDATA\[([^]+]*)\]\]>/$1/;

print;

Kind Regards
Duncan

 

[fishiface]

Which module are you using for the parsing, or have you rolled your own?

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[KevinADC]

I tried with:
$text =~ s|\Q<![CDATA[\E.*?\Q]]>\E||sg;
but I don't get any text.

thats because you are substituting the entire pattern with nothing. In effect you are deleting it. This might work doing it more your way (\Q...\E):

$text =~ s|\Q<![CDATA[(.*?)]]>\E|$1|g;

but I didn't test it. If not, Duncans way will give you the text you want.