From: Tj Superfly <nonstickglue@...>
Date: 2008-01-28T01:34:48+09:00
Subject: Re: Extracting Data from a Webpage

> This should be more efficient:
> 
> require 'open-uri'
> 
> url = "http://www.google.com"
> title_re = Regexp.new(/<title>(.*)<\/title>/)
> text_re = Regexp.new(/type=(.{5})/)
> 
> open(url) do |f|
>   f.each do |line|
>     if md_obj = title_re.match(line)
>       puts md_obj[1]
>     end
> 
>     if md_obj = text_re.match(line)
>       puts md_obj[1]
>       break
>     end
> 
>   end
> end
> 
> --output:
> Google
> hidde   #first 5 chars of 'hidden'

I receive this eror message when trying this code.

DENTIFIER, expecting $end
endndndreakmd_obj[1]_re.match(line))/title>/)

Any suggestions? I did try the other clip of code posted here, but got 
more errors than this one. =/ I'm reading up on that link posted in the 
2nd post to see if I can figure any of this out.

Thanks.

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