The 'Anthropology' option is being interpreted as its own separate input rather then part of the 'u_input' input. To test this, I used the section of code below with the results right after it.
-Dgg taos1:/export/home/darrell/TestArea >cat test_mech.pl #!/usr/bin/perl -w use WWW::Mechanize; use Data::Dumper; my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new(); $mech->get("http://lca.lehman.cuny.edu/dept/registrar/schedule/coursefin der.asp"); my $form = $mech->form_number(1); my @Inputs = $form->inputs; foreach my $Input (@Inputs) { next if ( ! $Input->isa('HTML::Form::ListInput') ); my $Name = $Input->name; print "\n For the input of \'$Name\' I can use the following:\n"; print join ("\n", $Input->possible_values), "\n"; } taos1:/export/home/darrell/TestArea >perl test_mech.pl For the input of 'term' I can use the following: FAL04CRS For the input of 'division' I can use the following: D G For the input of 'u_input' I can use the following: -Choose a Department- ADPIBA AMS ARHART BIO BLS CHE CHC ECO DECECEEDCEDEBBE ESCBUS EBSEDGEDREDSESSFCS ENGENW ESL GEHGEOGEP LEH DFNHEAHSAHSDREC HIAHIEHISHIUHIW HUM IAS ACUFREIDWITAJALLATRUSSPA LACPRS LSP LNG COMMLJ CGICISCMPMAT MSHMSPMST HINNUR ON%OA% PHI ASTPHY POLSPS PSY SOCSWK SPESPV DNCTHE WST %W REV For the input of 'Anthropology' I can use the following: ANT For the input of 'sortby' I can use the following: Disc, Coursenum, Section Day, Firsthour, Firstmin Code Coursenum Section Instructor For the input of 'order' I can use the following: ASC DESC -----Original Message----- From: Gisle Aas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 5:11 PM To: Darrell Gammill Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: :mechanize issues/mechanize.pm dies!! "Darrell Gammill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Look back a the output of 'print $b->current_form()->dump();' Do you > see where the option for 'Anthropology' appears by itself? This is > because the HTML is not being parsed right. The following line seems to > be the offender: > > <option value="ANT" > Name="Anthropology">Anthropology</option> > > The 'Name' attribute seems to be confusing the form parser so > Anthropology is not one of the available options. I don't believe that this can confuse HTML::Form. It does not care about the Name attribute at all. Care to explain better what you think happens here? Regards, Gisle Aas
