[TABLE NOT SHOWN] problem with HTML::Parse

When I run the well quoted line:
my $ascii =
HTML::FormatText->new->format(HTML:arse:arse_html($html));
to remove HTML tags from an html document, it replaces all tables with
"[TABLE NOT SHOWN]". Is there a quick and easy way to get the table content
parsed too?

Thanks a lot,
Mitchua

Mitchua

"Mitchua" <> wrote in message
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> When I run the well quoted line:
> my $ascii =
> HTML::FormatText->new->format(HTML:arse:arse_html($html));
> to remove HTML tags from an html document, it replaces all tables with
> "[TABLE NOT SHOWN]". Is there a quick and easy way to get the table
content
> parsed too?
>
The documentation for HTML::FormatText states: "Formatting of HTML tables
and forms is not implemented." So not with that module. The documentation
makes a reference to HTML::Formatter
(http://search.cpan.org/author/SBURKE...L/Formatter.pm
), which in turn contains references to other modules that may be of some
help.

"Mitchua" <> wrote in message
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>
> Are there any other (easy) ways to remove all html tags (including tricky
> tags like comments, etc.) from a web page without using those modules?
I'm
> looking for a solution beyond a regular expression.
>
"Easy": no. That's why we have all those modules in the HTML section of
CPAN -- the solution is always difficult, messy and "beyond a regular
expression."

I note that in your OP you used HTML:arse. The 1-line description of this
indicates that it is deprecated. Have you looked into HTML:arser? People
speak highly of that module.

"James E Keenan" <> wrote in message
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>
> "Mitchua" <> wrote in message
> news:YRHPa.6477$ .rogers.com...
> >
> > Are there any other (easy) ways to remove all html tags (including
tricky
> > tags like comments, etc.) from a web page without using those modules?
> I'm
> > looking for a solution beyond a regular expression.
> >
> "Easy": no. That's why we have all those modules in the HTML section of
> CPAN -- the solution is always difficult, messy and "beyond a regular
> expression."
>
> I note that in your OP you used HTML:arse. The 1-line description of
this
> indicates that it is deprecated. Have you looked into HTML:arser?
People
> speak highly of that module.
>

I found this code on the web that uses it:

use HTML:arser;
$p = HTML:arser->new;
$p->parse($notes); # parse the HTML in notes
$p->eof; # signal end of parse file
print $p->as_string; # print out the parsed text

but i get the error "Can't locate ../HTML/Parser/as_string.al". I'm looking
for that file now.

Jonathan