Hi ppl, I have one HTML file per News story...i got to fetch some data (first few lines) out from a HTML file and display it as an abstract for the said story... The HTML file have the following issues... 1. There could be a HTML table at the very beginning..(can i strip out the whole table..i mean <TABLE **** </TABLE> ...but may cause probs in nested tables...(trying regex for the same)... 2. I need to pick up first 1/2 lines..( i look for a '.' and pickup data) but fails for acronyms/ numbers.. (Ltd. or 5.8% etc) These two issues solved could get the almost thru with the prob.. Please help... Regs, sgbThread Previous