From: fabsy <fabbyfabs@...>
Date: 2006-08-19T02:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: hpricot


Chris Gehlker skrev:

> On Aug 18, 2006, at 8:00 AM, fabsy wrote:
>
> >
> > Chris Gehlker skrev:
> >
> >> On Aug 18, 2006, at 7:00 AM, fabsy wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hey.. I just installed hpricot but it acts strange..
> >>> I tried an example from
> >>> http://code.whytheluckystiff.net/hpricot/wiki/HpricotBasics but it
> >>> didn't work.. It just gave me "test.rb:1: parse error, unexpected
> >>> tIDENTIFIER, expecting $"...
> >>
> >> Maybe you better show us your actual code. There are several examples
> >> on that page.
> >>
> >> Look at this:
> >>
> >> require 'rubygems'
> >> require 'hpricot'
> >> require 'open-uri'
> >> doc = Hpricot(open("http://qwantz.com/"))
> >> (doc/"p/a/img").each do |img|
> >>    puts img.attributes['class']
> >> end
> >>
> >> It works although it doesn't actually find and image with a 'class'
> >> attribute.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Seven Deadly Sins? I thought it was a to-do list!
> >
> > Im getting the same error with the code you pasted..
>
> Weird,
>
> I'm running ruby 1.8.5 (2006-08-18) [powerpc-darwin8.7.0] with
> Hpricot 0.4.43 and I just cut and pasted the above code. It still
> works. I'm stumped.
>
> ---
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> those who do not wish to hear it.
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I'ts really strange.. It works in irb but not when im pasting in in a
.rb file..
Maby I should re-install it?