Re^4: how to open page and follow link

Yes, that did work. Thanks.

I tried my own version of (see below) and to my suprise, it didn't work! lol.

foreach ($mech->links()) { print "$_<br>"}
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But that's okay since yours does. Only reason I wanted to do this was to see what # my link was but from the print out, I don't think the printout order is the order I need in order to follow a specific link.

Before I try

    $mech->get( $url );
    $mech->follow_link( url_regex => qr/Frogs and Toads/i );
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I need to know I'm doing this on the right URL. Is there a way I can check this link? I tried using find_link and printing it out but it's printing out "index.cgi" and NOT the Frogs and Toads link so I have a feeling if I use follow_link it won't be going to the right link.

How can I be sure?

Thanks and sorry for the noobie questions

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Re^5: how to open page and follow link by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 11, 2005 at 14:44 UTC
I tried my own version of (see below) and to my suprise, it didn't work! lol. `links` returns an array of objects of type WWW::Mechanize::Link, not an array of strings. `foreach ($mech->links()) { print "$_<br>" }` should be `foreach ($mech->links()) { print $_->url(), "<br>" }` Is there a way I can check this link? Is there any reason to believe it's not? Why are you assuming the module isn't working? WWW::Mechanize::Link has a method called `text` if you can get the link as an object of that type.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^5: how to open page and follow link
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 11, 2005 at 14:44 UTC

I tried my own version of (see below) and to my suprise, it didn't work! lol.

links returns an array of objects of type WWW::Mechanize::Link, not an array of strings.
foreach ($mech->links()) { print "$_<br>" }
should be
foreach ($mech->links()) { print $_->url(), "<br>" }

Is there a way I can check this link?

Is there any reason to believe it's not? Why are you assuming the module isn't working? WWW::Mechanize::Link has a method called text if you can get the link as an object of that type.

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