public static String stripTags(String buf,int start){
  if (start > 0) {
    buf=buf.substring(0);
  }
  return buf.replaceAll("<[^>]*>"," ");
}

public static String stripTags ( String buf , int start ) { if ( start > 0 ) { buf = buf . substring ( 0 ) ; } return buf . replaceAll ( "<[^>]*>" , " " ) ; }
strip tags from input .
