issues with htmlparser.getpos

[dysmas]

Hi,


Im having an issue with HTMLParser, the getpos() funtion sometimes
returns things like :

(1, 1247)
(1, 2114)
(1, 2168)
(1, 2228)
(1, 2295)
(1, 2382)
(1, 2441)
(1, 2963)
(1, 3040)

i guess this is because the HTMLParser has not correctly parsed the
newline characters in the string fed to it... is there a workaround
for this, without checking the string every time i feed it some data?

[Steve Holden]

Re: issues with htmlparser.getp os

dysmas wrote:

Hi,
>
>
Im having an issue with HTMLParser, the getpos() funtion sometimes
returns things like :
>
(1, 1247)
(1, 2114)
(1, 2168)
(1, 2228)
(1, 2295)
(1, 2382)
(1, 2441)
(1, 2963)
(1, 3040)
>
i guess this is because the HTMLParser has not correctly parsed the
newline characters in the string fed to it... is there a workaround
for this, without checking the string every time i feed it some data?
>

Have you verified that these results aren't correct? There is no
requirements for newlines in HTML, and some computer-generated pages
don't bother to insert them.

regards
Steve
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Re: issues with htmlparser.getp os

Steve,

thanks for reply

there are newlines present, it looks like the files in question are
from a mac, (my text editor tells me they are UTF8 & use CR for
marking newlines)

Cheers

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Re: issues with htmlparser.getp os

On Jul 4, 1:47 pm, rokadvertis...@ googlemail.com wrote:

Steve,
>
thanks for reply
>
there are newlines present, it looks like the files in question are
from a mac, (my text editor tells me they are UTF8 & use CR for
marking newlines)
>
Cheers

d0h,

f = open(this_file, "U")
^^^^
\ this fixed it

cheers anyway ;)