From: 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@...>
Date: 2009-07-20T09:17:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Hpricot - strip out images and show first x words

Max Williams wrote:
> Hi 7stud, thanks.
> 
> This seems to return the first 25 words of every paragraph?  

Well, what does this say:

> I have a bunch of html in p tags and i want to show shorted
> summary - like the first 25 words followed by '...'. 

If you want relevant answers, then you have to post precise questions.

So now you just want **the first 25 words of your html**?

html =<<ENDOFHTML
<p><i>From the <a
href="http://blog.ukti.gov.uk/2009/01/26/business-breakfast-20-or-when-new-media-met-the-foreign-secretar/"><span
class="caps">UKTI</span> blog</a>:</i></p>\n<p>Early on 20 January 2009,
nine British new media innovators and I arrived at the Foreign Office
for a meeting with the Foreign Secretary, <a
href="https://blogs.fco.gov.uk/roller/miliband/"><strong>David Milliband
MP</strong></a>, to discuss how government can support this important
sector.
ENDOFHTML


max_words = 25

no_images = html.gsub(/<\s*img.*?>/, "")
words = no_images.split()

if words.length <= 25:
  puts words.join(" ")
else
  puts "#{words[0, 25].join(" ")}..."
end

--output:--
<p><i>From the <a 
href="http://blog.ukti.gov.uk/2009/01/26/business-breakfast-20-or-when-new-media-met-the-foreign-secretar/"><span 
class="caps">UKTI</span> blog</a>:</i></p> <p>Early on 20 January 2009, 
nine British new media innovators and I arrived at the Foreign Office 
for a...




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