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]

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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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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On Jul 4, 1:47 pm, [e-mail] 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 ;)