using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;

String^ StripStartTags( String^ item )
{

   // try to find a tag at the start of the line using StartsWith
   if ( item->Trim()->StartsWith( "<" ) )
   {

      // now search for the closing tag->->.
      int lastLocation = item->IndexOf( ">" );

      // remove the identified section, if it is a valid region
      if ( lastLocation >= 0 )
            item = item->Substring( lastLocation + 1 );
   }

   return item;
}

int main()
{

   // process a string that contains html tags
   // this sample does not remove embedded tags (tags in the middle of a line)
   array<String^>^strSource = {"<b>This is bold text</b>","<H1>This is large Text</H1>","<b><i><font color=green>This has multiple tags</font></i></b>","<b>This has <i>embedded</i> tags.</b>","<This line simply begins with a lesser than symbol, it should not be modified"};
   Console::WriteLine( "The following lists the items before the tags have been stripped:" );
   Console::WriteLine( "-----------------------------------------------------------------" );

   // print out the initial array of strings
   IEnumerator^ myEnum1 = strSource->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum1->MoveNext() )
   {
      String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum1->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( s );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "The following lists the items after the tags have been stripped:" );
   Console::WriteLine( "----------------------------------------------------------------" );

   // print [Out] the* array of strings
   IEnumerator^ myEnum2 = strSource->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum2->MoveNext() )
   {
      String^ s = safe_cast<String^>(myEnum2->Current);
      Console::WriteLine( StripStartTags( s ) );
   }
}