In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steven Kreuzer) wrote:

> I have an HTML file that I grab with LWP::Simple, however, What I really 
> need is just the HTML between <TABLE> and </TABLE>, everything else 
> discarded.
> I did some searches on google but was unable to come up with anything, I 
> know this is rather trivial for the experts, but if anyone can lend me 
> some assistance, I would be grateful
> 
> The HTML Code for the Table Looks like This:
> 
> <table WIDTH="540" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="1">
> <tr><td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN=TOP><p><b>ZIP</b></td>
> <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN=TOP><p><b>CITY AND STATE</b></td>
> <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=TOP><p><b>COUNTY</b></td>
> <td WIDTH="10%" VALIGN=TOP><p><b>AREA</b></td></tr>
> <tr><td WIDTH="15%" VALIGN=TOP><p>10036</td>
> <td WIDTH="50%" VALIGN=TOP><p>New York, NY</td>
> <td WIDTH="25%" VALIGN=TOP><p>New York</td>
> <td WIDTH="10%" VALIGN=TOP><p>212</td></tr>
> </table>
> 
> SK

HTML::Parser from CPAN is your best bet for doing something like this. IIRC there's 
even an HTML::TableExtract somewhere although I don't know whether it will suit your 
needs.

print pack "H*", "4a75737420416e6f74686572204d61635065726c204861636b65722c0d";
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