Use hpricot plugin to handle HTML parsing.
On Oct 22, 9:14 am, Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi here is the array I am scanning:
> ["\n<td> <a href=\"/search~S13?/rWR%20121/rwr+121/1,7,9,B/
> frameset~2489041&FF=rwr+121&1,1,\">The Academic Writer: A Brief Guide</
> a>\n</td>\n<td >\n Ede, Lisa\n</td>\n\n<td >\n Valley
> Reserves -- VR 282 -- AVAILABLE\n</td>\n\n<td >\n \n</td>\n\n</
> tr>\n<tr>\n<td> <a href=\"/search~S13?/rWR%20121/rwr+121/1,7,9,B/
> frameset~1334646&FF=rwr+121&1,1,\">Cultural literacy : what every
> American needs to know / E.D. Hirsch, Jr. ; with an appendix, What li</
> a>\n</td>\n<td >\n Hirsch, E. D. (Eric Donald), 1928-\n</td>\n
> \n<td >\n Valley Reserves -- LC149 .H57 1987 -- AVAILABLE\n</td>
> \n\n<td >\n \n</td>]
>
> I am trying to pull out the essential (everything but the newlines and
> such) value in between the <td></td>.
>
> Here is the regex I am trying:
> s.first.scan(/\<td \>(.*?)\<\/td\>/mi)
> But I don't get the first <td> a href value.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Kim help would be appreciated. Kim
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