How to strip this text from a file...

[jjasc 0]

Hey, I'm trying to basically extract the domains from a list of spun resource boxes. Say I have a file with the following three entries (separated by a line break)

 

If {you are|you're} {looking for|searching for|trying to find|seeking|in search of|in need of} information on <a href="http://www.cnn.com">{search engine help|example test|bad anchor text 2| just another example anchor text}</a>

If {you are|you're} {looking for|searching for|trying to find|seeking|in search of|in need of} information on <a href="http://www.dobe.com">{search engine optimization| SEO| more SEO anchor text}.</a>

If {you are|you're} {looking for|searching for|trying to find|seeking|in search of|in need of} information on <a href="http://www.mywebsitedomain.com">{some anchor text|even more text here}</a>

 

How can I extract only the domains to a new list, so that I get this:

 

http://www.cnn.com

http://www.dobe.com

http://www.mywebsitedomain.com

 

I'm thinking I might need to use some sort of .replace with regular expressions and javascript? If anyone can give me a hand here, much appreciated!

 

Ben

[MiriamMB 63]

Your problem sounds similar to this one discussed on this thread: http://ubotstudio.com/forum/index.php?/topic/4417-pull-a-middle-bit-out-of-a-link/page__fromsearch__1

 

Take a look at the solution and see if it can help solve yours.

[jjasc 0]

Thanks, gave me an idea. I'll just "split" the text using the List from Text on the " delimiter. That will break each "line" into 3 items on a new list. At that point, I can just pick out every even numbered item on the new list -- that will be the domain.

[MiriamMB 63]

great! ideas are good