Re: Noob Question about html



no one wrote:
Is grabbing the html possible in perl?

You could do it exactly the way it is described in the FAQ:
"How do I fetch an HTML file?"

I know the parsing is.

True, but I hope you intend to do it the right way and not by using some
"smart" use of REs? See FAQ
"How do I remove HTML from a string?"
for a few examples of why contrary to popular believe parsing HTML is not
trivial.

jue


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