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From:
Shlomi Fish
Date:
April 14, 2012 09:06
Subject:
Re: Regex again..
Message ID:
20120414190554.75595a4d@lap.shlomifish.org
Hi Somu,
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:01:03 +0530
Somu <som.ctc@gmail.com> wrote:
> OK. Can i ask "WHY?"
> Why can't it be done using regex. Isn't a html file just another long
> string with more, but similar special characters??
>
first of all I should note that you appear to be replying to the wrong messages
which breaks the flow of the thread. Otherwise, please read the links which I
gave you:
[QUOTE]
please don't use regular expressions to parse and process HTML:
*
http://perl-begin.org/FAQs/freenode-perl/#I_need_to_parse_HTML_with_Perl_.28and_my_Regular_Expression_does_not_work.29
(short URL - http://xrl.us/bm3p8u ).
*
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags
(Especially the first comment which is very amusing).
[/QUOTE]
And now I found this as well:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/11/parsing-html-the-cthulhu-way.html
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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