On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:28:18 -0700
Michael Mossey
For a parsing job, you might consider Parsec rather than regular expressions. ok thx for this, because it's bound to be useful down the road. i'm just trying to grab lines from something like this the stuff between the <text> ... </text>:
<text> The Mission of the League of Humane Voters® (LOHV) is to create, unite, and strengthen local political action committees, which work to enact animal-friendly legislation and elect candidates for public office who will use their votes and influence for animal protection. As election time comes around, council candidates in Independence, Ohio have taken the typical tactic of refusing to even answer questions regarding their position on various matters. Their 'silence speaks volumes'. </text> i'm using what chaddai showed me: xtract p c = (c =~ p :: [[String]]) !! 0 !! 1 which works fine for single lines, but produces nothing for multiple lines - same with some of the other ways i tried it with single lines good, nothing for multiple. python requires setting the re.S flag which i always found strange since \n i thought is a char as well. -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's