Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build

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

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Re: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by marto (Cardinal) on Mar 28, 2011 at 14:00 UTC
I very much doubt that HTML::Parser will ever be part of the core. The HTML::Parser README file explains installation. See also Modules: How to Create, Install, and Use from the tutorials section for discussion of other installation methods.	[reply]
Re: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by Corion (Patriarch) on Mar 28, 2011 at 13:55 UTC
HTML::Parser will never be part of the "Perl standard build". See App::cpanminus and/or Modules: Hot wo Create, Install and Use.	[reply]
Re: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by chrestomanci (Priest) on Mar 28, 2011 at 14:21 UTC
It is always possible, to write your own perl code with regular expression to parse HTML, but unless your needs are very simple this is not recommended. If you are using Active Perl on windows then you can install HTML-Parser using the PPM client that should have been installed when you installed perl. Just type HTML-Parser into the search box, and click install, or type `ppm install HTML-Parser` into the command line version of PPM.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by jaimon (Sexton) on Mar 28, 2011 at 16:27 UTC
To add, you can check if the module is installed (in the default path) by using `perl -MHTML::Parser -le 'print "yay..."'` or `perldoc HTML::Parser` on *nix machines. Not sure about Windows. - J	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by GrandFather (Saint) on Mar 28, 2011 at 20:04 UTC
No need for the print. Just: `perl -MHTML::Parser -e ;` [download] is fine. You'll get: `Can't locate HTML/Parser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ...` [download] if it's not there and silence otherwise. True laziness is hard work	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Has html-parser will be part of perl standard build by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 28, 2011 at 18:21 UTC
for windows, jaimon's `perldoc` example is fine at the command line; for his first, just swap the quotes around to satisfy Windows syntax (eg, `perl -MHTML::Parser -le "print 'yay...'"`)	[reply] [d/l] [select]