Re: How do I return the text of a link after using find

The links in WWW::Mechanize are WWW::Mechanize::Link objects. So you have to use their methods to get more than their auto-stringification.

use strict;

use WWW::Mechanize;

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new();
$mech->get('http://amazon.com/');
$mech->success or die $mech->status();

my $link_obj = $mech->find_link
    (text_regex => qr/computer/i );

printf( "%s\n\t%s\n\n",
        $link_obj->text(),
        $link_obj->url(),
        );
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Re^2: How do I return the text of a link after using find_link with WWW::Mechanize? by SpacemanSpiff (Sexton) on Nov 09, 2005 at 22:35 UTC
Thanks guys. I ended up with: `my $topic_obj = $mech->find_link (text_regex => qr/[LINK TEXT]/i ); $PrevMsg = $topic_obj->url; $PrevMsg =~ s/[SORTED DATA]//g;` [download] and it works wonderfully.	[reply] [d/l]