From: Jari Williamsson <jari.williamsson@...>
Date: 2008-03-01T04:19:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Need a regex searching html code

Mark Thomas wrote:
> All the regex solutions provided will break with the following
> perfectly valid HTML:
> 
> <div class="info">
> <h5 >Tagline:</h5>
> Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27
> </div>
> 
> This is one of many reasons it is a BAD idea to use regexes to parse
> HTML. Regular expressions are simply not the right tool for the job.

Sorry if I'm missing the point:
---
the_text = %q{
<div class="info">
<h5 >Tagline:</h5>
Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27
</div>
}

the_text.each_line do |line|
    puts "Within DIV tags: #{line}" if (line=~/<div/)..(line=~/<\/div/)
    puts "Within H5 tags: #{line}" if (line=~/<h5/)..(line=~/<\/h5/)
end
---

Result:
Within DIV tags: <div class="info">
Within DIV tags: <h5 >Tagline:</h5>
Within H5 tags: <h5 >Tagline:</h5>
Within DIV tags: Yippee Ki Yay Mo - John 6:27
Within DIV tags: </div>



Best regards,

Jari Williamsson