How do I use an EXPR to strip everything out of a long string that is html, except a link, like this:


my $string = qq~<table>
<tr>
<td>I love my Football Teams</td>
<td>My favorite Teams are:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Oklahoma Sooners</td>
<td><a href="http://example.com">Sooner Nation</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SF 49ers</td>
<td>I miss Edward J. DeBartolo, Jr.!!!</td>
</tr>
</table>
~;

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In that string, I want to only leave this: <a href="http://example.com">Sooner Nation</a>

I know there is a way to do it, I cannot remember how to though, it has been a LONG time since I've wrote Perl scripts, so I've lost most of my ability to do it...

I would greatly appreciate pointers.

Rich

In reply to How to strip everything in a string except HTML Link by Anonymous Monk

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