You should not extract html tags with this... check out http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/Tom_Christiansen/scripts/striphtml.gz
The above can still be tricked out I think when having <img alt="A > B"> but for sure is way better. It's in fact 3 regexes. Also read http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6.1/pod/perlfaq9.html#How-do-I-remove-HTML-from-a-string- on how to use HTML::Parser from CPAN to do even a better job (I think). As for your specific question, I don't have a clue at all:-) The gurus will answer promptly Etienne Girish wrote: > > Hi Again, > > I have a doubt, why do people use > > if($html =~ /(<[^>]*>)/) { > .... > } > > instead of simple to use and understand > if($html =~ /(<.*?>)/) { > .... > } > To extract HTML tags. > > Regards, > Girish > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Etienne Marcotte Specifications Management - Quality Control Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada 514.932.6161 x.4001 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
