On Jun 21, 4:34 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gowthamgowtham) wrote: > > How would I implement this example to parse an HTML file? I know I'm > > missing something because I don't see a place in the module, or > > whatever this is, for the HTML file to be referenced. Just assume I > > know very little. > > package CommentStripper; > > require HTML::Filter; > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](HTML::Filter); > > sub comment { } # ignore comments > > > I have ActiveState 5.8 installed, but I'm a complete n00b, if that > > ? wasn't already obvious. > > Here, the comment handling method named comment() of HTML::Filter is > overridden in the new class CommentStripper. The new method does nothing > (one way to easily ignore comments). All the other methods of HTML::Filter > will still be accessible to CommentStripper class. See 'perldoc perlboot' > > Use it like: > > #! /usr/bin/perl > > use strict; > use warnings; > > use lib "."; # Assuming CommentStripper.pm is in $PWD > > use CommentStripper; > > my $p = CommentStripper->new->parse_file( "my.html" ); > > > Thanks, > > HTH, > Gowtham
Thanks, works like a charm. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/