Here's a snippit of the web page I've parsed: 
<br> <span class="smalltype"><em>Date:</em></span>
Tue&nbsp;Sep&nbsp;13,&nbsp;2005&nbsp; 10:38
pm <br> <span class="smalltype"><em>Subject:</em></span>

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Using TokeParser, I've managed to assign the following to $GetDate: 
Tue&nbsp;Sep&nbsp;13,&nbsp;2005&nbsp; 10:38
pm

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Probably as a function of the module, I'm assuming it's compiling the HTML so that when I print back the contents, it comes out as: 
Tue Sep 13, 2005  10:38
pm

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Now because I want to split this guy up and create a timestamp from it, I figure the best plan is to assign it to an array with the following statement: 
my @date = split /\s+/, "$GetDate";

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And here's the contents of the array: 
0 
1 Tue Sep 13, 2005 
2 10:38
3 pm
4

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Obviously, the nonbreakable spaces (&nbsp;) are preventing me from getting the rest of it split apart. What do I do to clear this up?

I know there's some time modules out there, but I was just going to try this operation manually as I have the impression that's the best way to keep the speed up on an already deathly slow script. Is this a good plan, or am I just making more work for myself?

Thanks!

In reply to Array problem when parsing HTML by SpacemanSpiff

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