Re: Parse HTML into multidimensional array

You already have an RSS feed of the stuff you want, why not use something like XML::RSS to parse it easily and reliably?

As for your aversion of modules: don't. Modules are part of why Perl is so useful. You don't have to understand all of what a module does, just use one to get your work done.
Then, if you have time left, you can peruse the source code.

-Thomas
"Excuse me for butting in, but I'm interrupt-driven..."

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Re^2: Parse HTML into multidimensional array by mazdajai (Novice) on Jul 16, 2015 at 22:29 UTC
Thanks everyone for the inputs and their comments. This is what I have so far, with a help of my friend and I will definitely check out XML::RSS. my $Feeds = [ 'http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/fua?query=window%20fan&&form +at=rss', 'http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/fua?sort=rel&max_price=50&qu +ery=wire+shelf&format=rss' ]; my $Results; for my $Index (0 .. $#$Feeds) { $_ = get $Feeds->[$Index]; s/\n//g; $Results->{$Index} = { 'Query' => (/<title>craigslist newyork \\| furniture search "(. ++?)"<\/title>/i)[0], 'Title' => [/<title><!\[CDATA\[(.+?)\]\]><\/title>/gi], 'Link' => [/<link>(http:.+?)<\/link>/gi], 'Description' => [/<description><!\[CDATA\[(.+?)\]\]><\/descri +ption>/gi] }; } [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Parse HTML into multidimensional array
by mazdajai (Novice) on Jul 16, 2015 at 22:29 UTC

my $Feeds = [
    'http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/fua?query=window%20fan&&form
+at=rss',
    'http://newyork.craigslist.org/search/fua?sort=rel&max_price=50&qu
+ery=wire+shelf&format=rss'
];

my $Results;
for my $Index (0 .. $#$Feeds) {
    $_ = get $Feeds->[$Index];
    s/\n//g;
    $Results->{$Index} = {
        'Query' => (/<title>craigslist newyork \| furniture search "(.
++?)"<\/title>/i)[0],
        'Title' => [/<title><!\[CDATA\[(.+?)\]\]><\/title>/gi],
        'Link' => [/<link>(http:.+?)<\/link>/gi],
        'Description' => [/<description><!\[CDATA\[(.+?)\]\]><\/descri
+ption>/gi]
    };
}
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