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Hi,

I'm probably going to get scalded for this, but I've gotta ask ;) I'm trying to remove the following contents from a HTML string:

<!-- #BeginEditable "body" -->        <table width="100%" border="0"><
+tr><td width="45%" align="center"><span class="title"></span></td>
                            <td width="5%" rowspan="3" align="center">
+<img src="http://www.backyardgardener.com/images/spacer.gif" width="2
+0" height="20"></td>
                            <td width="50%" rowspan="3" valign="top"> 
+                         <!-- Begin: Sponsor Table -->
</td>
                          </tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"> <img 
+src="http://www.backyardgardener.com/images/annualpop1.jpg" alt="Mayb
+e I can get those ducks to come to my water garden!" width="180" heig
+ht="245" align="right"><p class="main"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../gard
+en-themes/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#article
+">Articles</a>

                                :: <br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="./#link">Links</
+a>

                                ::<br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../garden-themes
+/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#design">Design</
+a>

                                ::<br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../garden-themes
+/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#use">How

                              to Use</a> ::</p>

                            </td>

                          </tr></table>
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The contents can vary inside the table, so I'm trying to find it using a non greedy selector. The code is:

my $code = qq|

<td width="100%" class="main12" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top">
                          </tr><tr><td width="50%" valign="top">
                  <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellp
+adding="12"><tr><td><!-- #BeginEditable "body" -->        <table widt
+h="100%" border="0"><tr><td width="45%" align="center"><span class="t
+itle"></span></td>
                            <td width="5%" rowspan="3" align="center">
+<img src="http://www.backyardgardener.com/images/spacer.gif" width="2
+0" height="20"></td>
                            <td width="50%" rowspan="3" valign="top"> 
+                         <!-- Begin: Sponsor Table -->
</td>
                          </tr><tr><td width="45%" align="left"> <img 
+src="http://www.backyardgardener.com/images/annualpop1.jpg" alt="Mayb
+e I can get those ducks to come to my water garden!" width="180" heig
+ht="245" align="right"><p class="main"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../gard
+en-themes/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#article
+">Articles</a>

                                :: <br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="./#link">Links</
+a>

                                ::<br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../garden-themes
+/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#design">Design</
+a>

                                ::<br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="../garden-themes
+/annual-garden/annual-flowers-and-garden-designs-25/#use">How

                              to Use</a> ::</p>

                            </td>

                          </tr></table><table width="100%" border="0">
+<tr><td colspan="2"><span class="main"><strong><a href="/garden-theme
+s/annual-garden/annual-flower-information-what-to-know-and-how-to-use
+/">Information on 50+ annual flowers</a></strong></span></td>

                              <a name="article" id="article"></a><b>Ar
+ticles

                                </b>
                              <p class="main">&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="/g
+arden-themes/annual-garden/118/">Try

                                growing them form seed</a><br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="/garden-themes/a
+nnual-garden/growing-annuals-for-quick-color/">Grow

                              annuals for quick color</a> </p>

                              <p class="main"><a name="design" id="des
+ign"></a><b>Design</b></p>

                              <p class="main"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="/
+garden-themes/annual-garden/annual-garden-design/">Design

                                1 </a> - <a href="/garden-themes/annua
+l-garden/here-is-design-you-can-plant/">Design 2</a>

                                - <a href="/garden-themes/annual-garde
+n/annaul-flower-garden-design-8-plants/">Design 3 </a><br>

                                &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.backy
+ardgardener.com/images/annual1a.gif" target="_blank">Design

                                4 </a> - <a href="http://www.backyardg
+ardener.com/images/annual3.gif" target="_blank">Design

                                5 </a> - <a href="http://www.backyardg
+ardener.com/images/annual4.gif" target="_blank">Design

                                6 </a><br>


|;

$code =~ s|\Q<!-- #BeginEditable "body" -->\E.*?\Q</table>||im;

print "NEW: $code\n";
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However, this doesn't seem to work :( I've gotta be missing something stupid. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks!

Andy

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