Re^2: How to grab a portion of file with regex

[Anonymous Monk]

Instead as swkronenfeld pointed out its better to use the CPAN module HTML::Parser

Not by much, HTML::Parser is very low-level, use a DOM parser supporting xpaths

[7stud]

And for html files that are 9,000 GB's in size?

[kielstirling]

Always limits to everything. I must remind you that I am not the one wanting to parse HTML. I am simply trying to offer guidance. I understand that HTML parsing is a hot topic. However, as a solution to the question asked HTML::Parser works fine.

[Anonymous Monk]

And for html files that are 9,000 GB's in size?

Nevermind that that 9k-GB html-files don't exit, you can still use XML::Twig, naturally

[kielstirling]

Well instead of trolling why not supply a working example to help ??

Its always the Anonymous Monk lacking courage to put a name to a comment

[Anonymous Monk]

Well instead of trolling why not supply a working example to help ?? Its always the Anonymous Monk lacking courage to put a name to a comment

How is it trolling to point out the shortcomings of a "solution"? Maybe you should look up the definition of troll

What courage is required to point out a simple fact about HTML::Parser? Are you under the impression that HTML::Parser is a high level parser?

Your "solution" doesn't fetch the portion of page from class = lastUnit to class = line margin10 -- its incomplete -- it is lots easier/shorter/simpler to use  m{\Q$start\E(.+?)\Q$end\E}i instead of that HTML::Parser low-levelness

Have you seen Re: How to grab a portion of file with regex (don't)? Its not unlike a minimum of three different tutorials/walkthroughs/step-by-step-instructions on extracting/xpathing the dom , some even compare/contrast with HTML::Parser

[kielstirling]

You make some valid points. The example in the question didn't seem to need the content of the div.
I do agree that working with the DOM is a much better way to parse HTML.