Re: Text::Balanced woes..

Having looked at the HTML:: modules, i really do think this Text::Balanced is exactly what i want/need it to do...

I realize that your code is only a snippet, but it does look like it is possible to concoct valid HTML hyperlinks that don't get caught by it:

upper-case letters: <a HREF="...">
single quotes: <a href='...'>
other attributes: <a class="main" href="...">

Whether these matter depends on your application and your users. But if they do you probably are better using a module explitly for parsing HTML rather than trying to think of all the possible valid variations.

Smylers

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Re: Re: Text::Balanced woes.. by u914 (Pilgrim) on Jun 12, 2002 at 05:45 UTC
Actually, the html pages that it works on are generated by another script, so they're pretty consistent. i like the loop simplification, though... i often forget about foreach, and the C-ishness is a fiendish habit to break! Thanks for the tip! :-)	[reply]