#include <iostream>
#include <string>
 
char * removeTags( const char * src, char * dest, const size_t len )
{
	char * p = dest;
 
	while ( *src && p - dest < len - 1 )
	{
		if ( *src == '<' )
		{
			while ( *src && *src++ != '>' );
		}
		else
		{
			*p++ = *src++;
		}
	}
 
	*p = '\0';
 
	return dest;
}
 
int main()
{
	char src[] = "<tag>theres an ugly tag before this,<bigtag>this,<reallybigtag>this,";
 
	char dest[64];
	printf( "%s", removeTags( src, dest, sizeof(dest) ) );
 
	return 0;
}

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