Hi Somu, On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:01:03 +0530 Somu <som....@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK. Can i ask "WHY?" > Why can't it be done using regex. Isn't a html file just another long > string with more, but similar special characters?? > first of all I should note that you appear to be replying to the wrong messages which breaks the flow of the thread. Otherwise, please read the links which I gave you: [QUOTE] please don't use regular expressions to parse and process HTML: * http://perl-begin.org/FAQs/freenode-perl/#I_need_to_parse_HTML_with_Perl_.28and_my_Regular_Expression_does_not_work.29 (short URL - http://xrl.us/bm3p8u ). * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags (Especially the first comment which is very amusing). [/QUOTE] And now I found this as well: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/11/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way.html Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Free (Creative Commons) Music Downloads, Reviews and more - http://jamendo.com/ If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. — Unknown Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
