How can I delete half the data in an item?

[deiseldent 0]

Fellow UBotters...

 

Can anyone explain the best way to accomplish what I am trying to do in the below picture?  I am pretty sure I am going to have to play with regex, however maybe someone out there knows a more friendlier approach to removing half the content from an item?

 

thanks in advance

 

DD

 

 

 

 

http://derekdawson.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/ubot-pic1.jpg

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru 904]

add it to a separate list first

 

list to list(list from text(scrape attribute))

 

then loop the first few lines into your main list only.

[deiseldent 0]

Thank for the reply TJ...  Unfortunately I have no idea on how to loop the first few lines into my main list?  So far I have this

 

add list to list($list from text($scrape attribute($element offset(<class="abstract">, 0), "innertext"), ""), %roughlist, "Delete", "Global")
loop while("") {
}

[LoWrIdErTJ - BotGuru 904]

loop while("") {
}

 

 

changed to

 

loop (5) {

add item to list here(item is next list item from the scraped list)
}

[deiseldent 0]

 It's telling me that I "have exceeded the range of the list", I tried a 100 different variations of what you just said and I keep getting an error.  I cant even go into code view, because ubot is telling me that I haven't finished editing all the nodes- even though I have. Sorry about being a pest- hopefully that sheds light on something for you

 

thanks

DD

[north_star 16]

Try this. perhaps it could help

set(#abstract, $scrape attribute(<class="abstract">, "innertext"), "Global")
add list to list(%rought list, $list from text(#abstract, $new line), "Delete", "Global")
loop(5) {
    add item to list(%clear result, $next list item(%rought list), "Delete", "Global")
    comment("=========== the scrapeed line=====")
}

[deiseldent 0]

Thanks North_star  That works perfectly!