On 2008-06-26, Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > oyster wrote: >> that is, there is no TABLE tag between a TABLE, for example >> <table >something with out table tag</table> >> what is the RE pattern? thanks >> >> the following is not right >> <table.*?>[^table]*?</table> > > Why not use an HTML parser instead?
Stating it differently: in order to correctly recognize HTML tags, you must use an HTML parser. Trying to write an HTML parser in a single RE is probably not practical. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I want another at RE-WRITE on my CEASAR visi.com SALAD!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list