Not bad ... here is the one that i reinvented (before i discovered Net::Dict - merlyn++ yet again):
use strict; use POSIX; use LWP::Simple; my $html = get('http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=' . shift); my ($def) = $html =~ /<!-- Content -->(.*)<!-- End content -->/s; $def =~ s/(<\/table>(?!.*<\/table>)).*$/$1/sg; print html2text($def); sub html2text { my $html = shift; my $tmp_file = tmpnam() . '.html'; open(FH,'>',$tmp_file) || die $!; print FH $html; close FH; my $text = `lynx -dump $tmp_file`; $text =~ s/References\n.*//s; unlink $tmp_file; return $text; }

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to (jeffa) Re: Grab Dictionary.com Definition by jeffa
in thread Grab Dictionary.com Definition by mousey

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