From: Daniel N <has.sox@...>
Date: 2007-08-13T13:38:46+09:00
Subject: Re: extract a number from a line of HTML file

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On 8/13/07, Ak 756 <macro.peng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Daniel ----- wrote:
> > On 8/13/07, Ak 756 <macro.peng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks very much.
> >> --
> >> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
> >
> >
> > Your going to need to give some more information here.  Using
> > javascript?
> > On the server side?  Is it always that format?
>
> Hi Daniel
>
> I got this line from the body of NET::HTTP.post_form. I want to extract
> the digital number embedded in this line. Actually ,I think I can do
> this by remove all strings begin with "<" and end with ">". But I don't
> know how to do.


So server side...  If you use the Hpricot Gem you can do this pretty easy.

a = "<td><B><font color=006689>123.20</font></B></td>"
value = Hpricot( a ).innerText.strip

HTH
Daniel

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