From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-05-22T14:11:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Can I use Hpricot to parse data into different array ele

Christiaan Venter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a question about using Hpricot.
> 
> If I do something like this
> 
> doc = open("F:/search.html") { |f| Hpricot(f) }
> doc.search(".price").each do |price|
>     prices = [price.inner_text]
>     puts prices[0]
> 
> =>$21.95
> $15.95
> 
> Then it seems that my search results are in an array, but that both
> prices are in a single element in the array because both come up when I
> ask for the element at [0]
> I'm a ruby newbie--what am I missing?
> Thanks very much

Not understanding loops?  Better variable names?


require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'

doc = open("html.txt") { |f| Hpricot(f) }

doc.search(".price").each do |price_tag|
  price = price_tag.inner_text
  puts price
end

--output:--
$21.95
$15.95



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