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Re^2: regex to extract text

by pdcawley (Hermit)
on Jan 19, 2009 at 17:02 UTC ( #737331=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: regex to extract text
in thread regex to extract text

A small point of style, but

m{(?s)<div class="detailline_address">\s*(.*?)</div>}
avoids endweight problems by pushing the modifier up front. There's also the case for always using (?msx) at the beginning of your regexes unless there's a damned good reason not to. In this case, the damned good reason not to is: "You're attempting to parse XML with a regular expression! Are you mad?"

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