From: dblack@...
Date: 2003-05-11T22:12:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Extracting text from HTML

Hi --

On Sun, 11 May 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> On Sun, May 11, 2003 at 04:11:35PM +0900, Kent Dahl wrote:
> > Oh dear, looks like I removed that part from the original code posted by
> > Robo when testing. My regexp-nuby status is showing. Guess a good RE
> > book should be on my wishlist for my birthday then. :-)
>
> Beware that regexp syntax and features vary from language to language, so
> don't expect the more esoteric examples to work in Ruby without some
> modification.

I'd recommend "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeff Friedl for the
wishlist; it takes those variations into account, and the 2nd edition
includes Ruby.


David

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