removing anything inside <> brackets in Numbers

Does this do what you want?

-- place the markup you want to remove between the curly brackets
-- each must be enclosed by ""
-- any. embedded " must be 'escaped' with \ as shown

set markupToRemove to {"<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\">", "</span></p>"}

set replaceWith to {}
repeat (length of markupToRemove) times
	set end of replaceWith to ""
end repeat

tell front document of application "Numbers"
	tell active sheet
		tell (first table whose class of selection range is range)
			repeat with c in cells of (get selection range)
				set origVal to value of c
				set value of c to my substitute(markupToRemove, replaceWith, origVal)
			end repeat
		end tell
	end tell
end tell

on substitute(s, r, t)
	set s to s as list
	set r to r as list
	set t to t as text
	repeat with i from 1 to count s
		set text item delimiters to item i of s
		set t to text items of t
		set text item delimiters to item i of r
		set t to t as text
	end repeat
	return t
end substitute

1. Copy-paste script into Script Editor (in Applications > Utilities)
2. In a duplicate of your document select the (non-blank). cells you want to clean of markup
3. Click the run <triangle> button.

If "nothing happens" make sure Script Editor is listed and checked at System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Accessibility.

If you have other markup you need to remove include it in the markupToRemove AppleScript list as noted in the script.

SG

When you say "remove" to you mean you want to end up with empty <> brackets.

Or are you seeking to extract what is between the <>?

And one other question: do <> occur only once per row of text?

SG

I was thinking of something like this. But it isn't going to work where you have multiple <>.

Will try some other things. May need a script.

SG