.net - C# remove first wraping div

Question

I'm trying to remove the first that appears in my reporting string.

Actual result:
<div><div><p>This is a test</p><ul><li>a</li><li>b</li><li>c</li></ul></div></div>

Expected result
<div><p>This is a test</p><ul><li>a</li><li>b</li><li>c</li></ul></div>

I've been trying to convert the whole string into an array so I can just remove the first and last element of it, but I'm having a hard time splitting it since there are no commas or spaces.

How can I procede? the HTML to be eliminated will always be that extra div

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65833226/c-sharp-remove-first-wraping-div

Answer 1

This method will take into account the case scenario where you have an attribute in the first div (I.E. <div class='bla'> <div> text </div> </div>). For completeness and to avoid unhandled exception you should check for edge cases (such as empty strings, malformed html...)

    public string InnerDiv(string html)
    {
        var start_idx = html.IndexOf(">", html.IndexOf("<div", StringComparison.InvariantCulture), StringComparison.InvariantCulture) + 1;
        var last_idx = html.LastIndexOf("</div>", StringComparison.InvariantCulture);
        return html.Substring(start_idx, last_idx - start_idx);
    }