Option to replace stripped HTML tags with a (single) space

[PitWenkin]

Hi,

in order to prevent non-sense strings after stripping all HTML it would be nice if there was an option to replace stripped tags with a space. Something similar as create_newlines

Example:

<table>
<thead><tr><th>Column1</th><th>Column2</th><th>Column3</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td>Line 1 1</td><td>Line 1 2</td><td>Line 1 3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Line 2 1</td><td>Line 2 2</td><td>Line 2 3</td></tr></tbody>
</table>

results in:
Column1Column2Column3Line 1 1Line 1 2Line 1 3Line 2 1Line 2 2Line 2 3

Something like
Column1 Column2 Column3 Line 1 1 Line 1 2 Line 1 3 Line 2 1 Line 2 2 Line 2 3
would be more readable/usable.

Being able to define if each HTML tag is replaced by a space, or multiple consecutive tags are replaced by single space would be perfect.

[oalders]

Thanks, @PitWenkin. It's a good idea. Is this something you're interested in providing a pull request for?

[PitWenkin]

@oalders as there is a chance for this to be included, I might give it a go.

[oalders]

You might want to look at replace_img for inspiration. We could consider an option where you provide a scalar that can be used as a default tag replacement, but if a coderef is provided, that can be used for the user to provide some arbitrary logic for more advanced cases.