HTML::TableExtract problem

bkerr has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi there, I am trying to extract a table from a html file based on the table class. I dont seem to be getting any output at all. Can someone help me??? WOuld really appreciate it!

 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);
use DBI;
use IO::Socket;
use lib '.';
use ATweb qw(%form $db $dbh %config );
use strict;

local %form = &ATweb::fetch_form;
my $db = &ATweb::mysql_connect;
my $maintable;
my $html_file = $config{'static_dir'}."/admin/documents/ghs_addresse.t
+xt";

use HTML::TableExtract;
use Data::Dumper;
my $doc_html;

local $/=undef;
open FILE, "$html_file" or die "Couldn't open file: $html_file $!";
binmode FILE;
$doc_html = <FILE>;
close FILE;

my $te = HTML::TableExtract->new(
    attribs => { class => 'generalinfo' },
);

$te->parse_file("$doc_html");
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
for my $table ( $te->tables ) {
    print Dump $table->columns;
}
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Heres the relevant contents of the html file:

 

               <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="generalin
+fo">
                    <tr ><th class="rtl"></th><th colspan="2">Vermietu
+ng</th><th class="rtr"></th></tr> 

<!-- header -->

                    <tr><td class="left">&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td
+></td><td 

class="right">&nbsp;</td></tr> <!-- spacer -->

        

        <tr>
          <td class="left">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="text"><strong>Name</strong></td>
          <td class="text">Kaspar Flütsch</td>
          <td class="right">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <td class="left">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="text"><strong>Adresse</strong></td>
          <td class="text">Schreinerei<br>7246 St. Antönien</td>
          <td class="right">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <td class="left">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="text"><strong>Tel. Gesch&auml;ft</strong></td>
          <td class="text">081 332 23 31</td>
          <td class="right">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>

        <tr>
          <td class="left">&nbsp;</td>
          <td class="text"><strong>Tel. Privat</strong></td>
          <td class="text">081 332 23 31</td>
          <td class="right">&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>

        

        

        

                  <tr><td class="rbl"></td><td class="rb">&nbsp;</td><
+td class="rb">&nbsp;</td><td 

class="rbr"></td></tr> <!-- footer -->
                </table>
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Re: HTML::TableExtract problem by hdb (Monsignor) on Sep 04, 2013 at 07:53 UTC
In `$te->parse_file("$doc_html")` the argument is supposed to be the filename of the html file. Use `$te->parse($doc_html)` to parse a string.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: HTML::TableExtract problem by bkerr (Initiate) on Sep 04, 2013 at 08:56 UTC
yes, In the mean time i found that silly mistake myself!! appreciate the quick answer! Thanks!	[reply]

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