> There is a line of text that I want to extract. It is found in some HTML
> that follows this pattern:
>
> <a href=...><img src=.../></a><br/> <!-- An image link -->
> Some text
> <br/>
> <a href=...>Another link (variable text)</a>
> <br/>
> Text I want to extract.
> <br/>
> Updated by <a href=...>name (variable)</a> X hours ago [<a
> href=...>Comment</a>]
>
> I have the impression that I'd use XPath somehow, but am unsure how to
> proceed since the text I want isn't in any page element.
>
> - Aaron
Here's how I would do it with a regular expression:
$ie.html =~ /<br\/>\s*(.*)\s*<br\/>\s*Updated/
puts $1
That doesn't pull the tab before 'Text', and assumes that 'Updated' only
appears once in the html. I don't guarantee that this regexp will work with
any text other than what you provided above, where it returns "Text I want
to extract." in $1 and spits it out to the screen.
Hope this gives you a starting place.
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