------------------------------------------------ On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 16:31:17 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do I go about parsing a url from the browser location. For example if I have the > following url: > > https://mercedissa.tmo.org/cgi-bin/req/sreq_start.pl?sid=EBSCO:buh%20(Via%20SFX)&genre=article&issn=00999660&volume=242&issue=26&date=2003&atitle=S.O.S.%20Africa.&title=Wall%20Street%20Journal%20-%20Eastern%20Edition&spage=A12&aulast=Waal&aufirst=Alex > > As you can see there are elements like volume, genre, date, issue, title, author..... > > How do I parse this to get only the elements mentioned above? Is there a perl module > that does this? > > Thanks. > You should have a look at the CGI module. It will allow you to do all manner of URL/Form parsing, among numerous other web related stuffs. http://danconia.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]