Anthony Vanelverdinghe wrote:
>
> I want to save the name and the URL of a html hyperlink in an array
> (@bookmarks).
>
> The problem is that the quotes aren't recognized, so it doesn't save only
> the URL;
> but also the other attributes of <A...>
> How can i make sure only the URL between the quotes is saved?
>
> if (/^\s*<DT><A HREF="(.+)".*>(.+)<\/A>\s*$/i){
> push (@bookmarks,$2,$1);
> }
Hi Anthony.
Regexes aren't good for parsing HTML. But if your requirements
are very simple, then you could get away with using 'non-greedy'
quantifiers in your regex. Try this:
if ( m[<DT><A HREF="(.+?)".*?>(.+?)</A>]i ){
push (@bookmarks,$2,$1);
}
but don't forget that this will stop working if the detail of
your HTML changes.
HTH,
Rob
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