Find and Replace against things in a list

[theninjamanz 29]

Should I give up now?

 

It's just that I have scraped a page that I want, but now I want to parse that file removing the various instances of formatting I don't want, such as a <P>.

 

I am trying to do this by adding to a list the scraped list and then using a $Replace function on the content node.

 

I then set the Original Text to the scraped list. The thing to find <P> and the thing to replace to a another character.

 

But it won't work. I can scrape the page, but the <P> just doesn't get removed.

 

Do the $replace function work on lists, or only on specified extracts?

 

Thanks

[meter 145]

If it only works on specified extracts, you could have a LOOP for $list total of the list with scraped items. The LOOP would do NEXT LIST ITEM and set each nextlistitem to a variable. You could then remove the <P> from that variable and then add it to another list, called ProcessedList.

 

Just the way I would do it. Well, the way I would do it is I would write a C# program to do it

 

-meter

[JohnB 255]

Read Lilly's response from yesterday where she provided an image. It solved the $replace problem for a bunch of us.

 

http://ubotstudio.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4437-replace-problems/page__p__18118&&do=findComment&comment=18118

[smallballz 0]

I copy it into a text editor like notepad++(supports regular expression) and use the find/replace there.

[Praney Behl 314]

Hey theninjamanz,

 

I remember have done that in a couple of my bots. I m posting through my phone atm, will have a look for u when I get home to my laptop.

 

Cheers buddy !!

Praney

[theninjamanz 29]

Hi there,

I managed to get this work, I think it may have been submliminally influenced by Lilly's post. Basically it seems that the replace function will only work if the list is set to a variable. In which case it will pull out the offending item. Otherwise it won't.

 

Just dropped an ezine bot (seems there are many of these...I just did it as a test) into the bots section with the source code if anyone wants to see how I did it.

 

You will see from the source code that I have as much programming prowess as a bull in a china shop.