From: Peter Szinek <peter@...>
Date: 2007-04-07T01:59:49+09:00
Subject: Re: string scan question

srinsriram@gmail.com wrote:
> this is probably elementary but  I just havent found the right/
> reliable way to do this (that works always)
> 
> if a string has content in tags such as <TagName> content goes here </
> TagName>  whats the best way to put the content inside an array.. the
> content can have whitespace chars (end of lines tabs etc) that should
> be preserved in the array element.  These tags are simple (no
> properties).
> 
> I assume that the scan method is relevant but am having trouble
> constructing a regex that works reliably.

try

html_file.scan(/<TagName>(.+?)</).flatten

This will put the text contents of all <TagName> tags into an array.

Cheers,
Peter

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