Thank you. Thats right I don't need the output any where so I don't need to use the writer. I can remove it wowever will the formater work since it needs writer? Maybe I can use the Null writer?
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > En Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:23:08 -0300, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > I am using html and formater as shown below. They are used as part of a > > larger program. > > > > Even though I don't use any print statements, the htmllib seems to be > > throwing parts of the html page on to the standard out(my screen in this > > case). Is there a way to disable the output? > > > > import htmllib > > w = formatter.DumbWriter() > > Change the above line. From http://docs.python.org/lib/writer-impls.html: > "class DumbWriter([file[, maxcol = 72]]) > Simple writer class which writes output on the file object passed in as > > file or, if file is omitted, on standard output." > > (From your code fragment it appears that you are not interested in any > output - in that case you don't need the writer at all. And maybe you can > use another parser, like HTMLParser.HTMLParser, so I'd ask why do you use > a writer in the first place?) > > -- > Gabriel Genellina > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
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