Re: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing

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Re^2: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing by Aighearach (Initiate) on Nov 12, 2004 at 09:49 UTC
THere must be more to it than that, presumably the books contain other, non-url backslashes also. -- Snazzy tagline here	[reply]
Re^3: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing by Taulmarill (Deacon) on Nov 12, 2004 at 10:13 UTC
yea ok, that may be. but why XML?!? if i wanted to be clean i would use HTML::Parser.	[reply]
Re^4: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing by j.goor (Acolyte) on Nov 12, 2004 at 10:34 UTC
I proposed XML parsing because it would solve my problem on one hand and it is a nice way to solve a 'real world problem' on the other hand. Indeed using 'tr' would convert all '\', but I only want to convert links. HTML::Parser sounds usable. I'll take a look at it. In the mean time, don't hesitate to reply furthermore since I hope someone will give me a snippet of XML parsing.. :-) This would make a great start for me to get along	[reply]
Re^5: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing by Anonymous Monk on Nov 12, 2004 at 13:36 UTC
Re^2: Convert backslash to slash using XML parsing by davido (Cardinal) on Nov 12, 2004 at 17:59 UTC
Why would you assume that it is safe to convert every backslash in the entire Perl CD Bookshelf to a forward slash? This would blindly ruin every example in the suite of CD books! That's a case of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Could you imagine reading the Camel book where someone has gone through it and changed every single backslash to a forward slash? The first hello world script would look like this: `#!/usr/bin/perl -w print "Hello world!/n";` [download] ...and for the record, "/n" is not the same thing as "\n". No, the OP realy does probably need a token parser like HTML::TokeParser, and a routine a little smarter than blind transliteration. One thing about the OP's post does bother me though. Does this conversion of file:\\\ to http:// mean that he's going to be making available ONLINE the entire Perl CD Bookshelf, in violation of O'Reilly's copyright? Dave	[reply] [d/l]