--- lmac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there, > i have a base-question. If i want to read some kind > of data out of a line > which i know the start-tag and the end-tag in an > html-file how do i > recognize > if it's more than one line ? > > Example: > > <td>Some text<a href>link</a>text ..... DATA > ....</tr></td> etc. > > I would use >text as the starting tag to localize > the beginning of the DATA. > And then </tr> as the ending tag of the DATA. But if > there is \n then > there are more than > one line. > > I hope i explained it well what i am going for. > English is not my native > language. > > Thank you. >
As you've seen, normal string-handling methods aren't very useful for parsing complicated (or even simple) HTML documents. For parsing these, take a look at the HTMLParser or htmllib modules. HTH, Don __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor