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[GeoTrail]

I'm wondering if it is possible to parse a chat site...
I use a norwegian chat site which is a html based system using CGI.
Is it possible to take everything between two lines like this:

<!-- Start of chat content -->

<!-- End of chat content -->

and then parse the data so that the usernames, times and chat contents are parsed and any html tags removed.

The output of the chat looks kinda like this:

GeoTrail 08:39 And here is what I have written on the chat.
Username 08:38 And here is what someone else wrote.
and so on.

Is this possible to do and then display the content in an object in VDS?

[Mac]

Probably...

We'll assume the whole string is in %%var...

I'd remove the html tags first, using @pos() and strdel() - there's
several threads in the source code sections on string removal and
replacement.

To get the name and time (providing spaces are NOT allowed in the
name), you can parse them:

OPTION FIELDSEP, " "
PARSE "%%name;%%time", %%var

Then use @substr (or @strdel) to get the text (add 2 to length
for the spaces after name and time):

%%start = @sum(@len(%%name), @len(%%time), 2)
%%var = @substr(%%var, %%start, @len(%%var))

%%var should now contain only the chat text.

Maybe this'll get ya started anyway.

Cheers, Mac

[GeoTrail]

Thanks Mac
I'll give that a try. Before sure to await another stupid question here in a short time

[ShinobiSoft]

For those who are trying and or willing to learm, there is no such thing as
a stupid question.

[GeoTrail]

Well, I'm willing, able and ready to learn