How do I pass a string to HTML::TokeParser::Simple object?

vegasjoe has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I would like to pass the results from the LWP::Simple's get() function to the HTML::TokeParser::Simple object using a string. Currently, I am writing to a file and then opening the file for the TokeParser.
Also I do not understand the reference to the $document scalar in the following HTML::TokeParser docs:

$p = HTML::TokeParser->new( \$document );

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Re: How do I pass a string to HTML::TokeParser::Simple object? by borisz (Canon) on Aug 13, 2004 at 07:43 UTC
`my $html = '<html><head><title>text</title></head><body>something</bod +y></html>'; $p = HTML::TokeParser->new( \$html );` [download] `\$scalar` is a reference to the scalar. Read perlreftut. Boris	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How do I pass a string to HTML::TokeParser::Simple object? by revdiablo (Prior) on Aug 13, 2004 at 08:58 UTC
To create a scalar reference without actually saving the contents to a variable first, you could try something like the following: `$p = HTML::TokeParser->new( \(get $url) );` [download] It's kind of a hack, and a bit ugly, but the choice is yours.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: How do I pass a string to HTML::TokeParser::Simple object? by Ovid (Cardinal) on Apr 26, 2005 at 16:55 UTC
It's a bit late in the game, but in case someone stumbles across this, I'd like to mention that the latest HTML::TokeParser::Simple allows you to do this: `my $parser = HTML::TokeParser::Simple->new(url => $url);` It relies on LWP::Simple, so it will `croak` if that is not installed. Cheers, Ovid New address of my CGI Course.	[reply] [d/l]