Python: How to delete a HTML header from a text string? [duplicate]

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using python, Remove HTML tags/formatting from a string

I read in a HTML file:

fi = open("Tree.html", "r")
text = fi.read()

I want to delete the HTML header from the text:

text = re.sub("<head>.*?</head>", "", text)

Why does this not work?

Must read this answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/… — Fred Larson
– Fred Larson, Commented Jun 23, 2011 at 21:28

John Percival Hackworth · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-23 20:23:56Z

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It looks like you're not catching newlines. You need to add the DOTALL flag.

text = re.sub("<head>.*?</head>", "", text, flags=re.DOTALL)

answered Jun 23, 2011 at 20:23

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Error message: TypeError: sub() got an unexpected keyword argument 'flags'

What version of python are you using? flags keyword is v2.7+.

I am using Python v2.6. Without "flags=" it works. Thanks!