bruce wrote: > simon.. > > you may not.. but lot's of people use python and xpath for html/xml > functionality.. check google "python xpath"... > > later.. > ... > > i have a situation where i have something like: > > /html/table/..../[EMAIL PROTECTED]'foo'] > > > > is it possible to do soomething like [EMAIL PROTECTED]/fo/] so i'd match > > the class > > attribute with fo.... > >
So I did some checking, starting with the google search you suggested, and I found out that lxml, 4Suite, and Amara (which is apparently based on 4Suite somehow) all seem to be capable of doing what you're talking about. I don't know how to do it with lxml, but I bet the people on the lxml mailing list would be happy to explain it to you. As for Amara and 4Suite I think it might be as simple as saying "Match(your regex here in python re module form)" in your Xpath statement.. In the meantime, you could just use Xpath to extract a superset of the elements you're interested in and then filter them with a re.Match object. I avoid xml if I can help it... My new favorite HTML editor, however, is python and ElementTree... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
