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Subject: Re: Screen scraper to get all 'a title' elements
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 9:48 AM, ryguy7272 <ryanshuell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks!!  Is that regex?  Can you explain exactly what it is doing?
> Also, it seems to pick up a lot more than just the list I wanted, but that's ok, I can see why it does that.
>
> Can you just please explain what it's doing???

It's a trap!

Don't use a regex to parse HTML, unless you're deliberately trying to
entice young and innocent programmers to the dark side.

ChrisA