Monks, I was trying to use HTML::Element to modify a HTML tree but I ran into a difficulty. What I am trying to do is go through the tree, and whenever I find a link that matches a certain pattern, I want to remove the link

My code

if need_to_get_rid_of($node){
  print $node->findvalue('text()')." ".$node->findvalue('@href')."\n";
  $node->attr('@href', undef);
  print $node->findvalue('text()'). " ".$node->findvalue('@href')."\n"
+;
}

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Sample output

Highlights of This Issue pt01.html
Highlights of This Issue pt01.html
Preface pt02.html
Preface pt02.html
Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous pt03.html
Part III. Administrative, Procedural, and Miscellaneous pt03.html
Part IV. Items of General Interest pt04.html
Part IV. Items of General Interest pt04.html

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Am I just using $node->attr('attr','val') wrong? Is it simply a case of misinterpreting directions? Please help.

In reply to HTML::Element Am I misinterpreting instructions? by TendulkarIsGod

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