Re: Parsing HTML

Greetings all,
I know there are modules out there to do this but this regexp has yet to let me down for stripping HTML style tags.

$strContainingHTML =~ s|<[^>]*>||sg;
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...and you should check some of them out :}
-injunjoel
Update:
Thanks dragonchild for pointing out the error of my assumptive ways. I guess I've usually (not always) deferred javascript logic to functions and let the event handlers simply trigger the call to them. A case where personal style has saved me many potential headaches. Good catch.

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Re^2: Parsing HTML by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jun 14, 2004 at 01:42 UTC
Sorry, but I couldn't resist. `use strict; use warnings; my $x = "<html onLoad='if (x > 5) { exit; }' />"; print "'$x'\n"; $x =~ s\|</?[^>]>\|\|sg; print "'$x'\n"; ----- '<html onFocus='if (x > 5) { exit; };' />' ' 5) { exit; };' />'` [download] ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.* Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Parsing HTML
by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jun 14, 2004 at 01:42 UTC

use strict;
use warnings;

my $x = "<html onLoad='if (x > 5) { exit; }' />";

print "'$x'\n";

$x =~ s|</?[^>]*>||sg;

print "'$x'\n";
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'<html onFocus='if (x > 5) { exit; };' />'
' 5) { exit; };' />'
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We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon. - flyingmoose

I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested

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