Python strip XML tags from document

Question

I am trying to strip XML tags from a document using Python, a language I am a novice in. Here is my first attempt using regex, whixh was really a hope-for-the-best idea.

Answer 1

An alternative to Jeremiah's answer without requiring the lxml external library:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
...
tree = ET.fromstring(Text)
notags = ET.tostring(tree, encoding='utf8', method='text')
print(notags)

Should work with any Python >= 2.5