On 4/21/04 9:29 AM, WC -Sx- Jones wrote: > Ben Miller wrote: >> Hi Jan, >> >> Thanks for your help. That's what I need. I had tried something similar >> earlier using () to surround the variable rather than []. My next question >> is: when I try to print a specific member of the array I get an error >> message if I use 'print $result[0];' for example. In fact, any thing I try >> to do to the array such as list the number of members returns an error. >> >> Thanks, >> Ben > > You mean you want this section: > > <a href ..... </a> > ^ ^ ? > > Handling HTML is tricky at best as there are many factor which can seem > successful but result in failure. > > http://search.cpan.org/search?query=HTML&mode=all > > There are people who have walked the path you are traveling.
Thanks for the advice. I'm using a couple CPAN modules to do this: LWP::Simple; HTML::TokeParser; If there are any others you think would be helpful, please let me know. Thanks, Ben -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>