On 26/11/15 00:06, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 9:48 AM, ryguy7272 <ryanshu...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks!! Is that regex? Can you explain exactly what it is doing?
Also, it seems to pick up a lot more than just the list I wanted, but that's
ok, I can see why it does that.
Can you just please explain what it's doing???
It's a trap!
Don't use a regex to parse HTML, unless you're deliberately trying to
entice young and innocent programmers to the dark side.
ChrisA
Sorry, I wasn't aware of regex being on the dark side :-)
Now that you mention it, I suppose that their being complex and
error-inducing could lead to broken code all too easily when there is a
reliable, ready-made solution like BeautifulSoup.
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