X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=pod%2Fperlfaq9.pod;h=7fc0cdc3c1540a4ef9e48fc565c5fa3a670a0731;hb=73659bf1a819ac7d9f9fcae022ed8755e46824eb;hp=3da9bc1e4dbee6b55aae3b7a2e77b8e84cf003a7;hpb=231ab6d13e7b024930a1ce6bc1ab2943c85287a3;p=p5sagit%2Fp5-mst-13.2.git diff --git a/pod/perlfaq9.pod b/pod/perlfaq9.pod index 3da9bc1..7fc0cdc 100644 --- a/pod/perlfaq9.pod +++ b/pod/perlfaq9.pod @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ stamp prepended. =head2 How do I remove HTML from a string? The most correct way (albeit not the fastest) is to use HTML::Parser -from CPAN (part of the HTML-Tree package on CPAN). +from CPAN (part of the HTML-Tree package on CPAN). Another correct +way is to use HTML::FormatText which not only removes HTML but also +attempts to do a little simple formatting of the resulting plain text. Many folks attempt a simple-minded regular expression approach, like C.*?E//g>, but that fails in many cases because the tags