Here's a bit of code that retrieves a webpage and stores it in a scalar.

use LWP::Simple;
$content = get("http://www.slashdot.org/";); 

Now, it's quite useful (and instructive) to use regular expressions to chop the 
resulting page into useful lists and hashes.

--nigel

>>> "JM C. Alonzo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/22/01 01:40am >>>
im a newbie to PERL.. right now, im learning it but i dont have any exercises 
to work on. i need them because its how i learn.. can please someone tell me 
what is a nice thing to do when you are still starting to learn PERL and you 
want to enhance your skill.... 
tnx




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