diff Doc/library/htmlparser.rst @ 73161:07a46bb5ee3c 2.7

Improve HTMLParser example in the doc.
author Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
date Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:14:34 +0300
parents b5674229d0f9
children 9a6699a8aee9
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--- a/Doc/library/htmlparser.rst	Fri Oct 28 12:22:25 2011 +0300
+++ b/Doc/library/htmlparser.rst	Fri Oct 28 14:14:34 2011 +0300
@@ -186,16 +186,21 @@
 Example HTML Parser Application
 -------------------------------
 
-As a basic example, below is a very basic HTML parser that uses the
-:class:`HTMLParser` class to print out tags as they are encountered::
+As a basic example, below is a simple HTML parser that uses the
+:class:`HTMLParser` class to print out start tags, end tags and data
+as they are encountered::
 
    from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
 
    class MyHTMLParser(HTMLParser):
-
        def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
-           print "Encountered the beginning of a %s tag" % tag
+           print "Encountered a start tag:", tag
+       def handle_endtag(self, tag):
+           print "Encountered  an end tag:", tag
+       def handle_data(self, data):
+           print "Encountered   some data:", data
 
-       def handle_endtag(self, tag):
-           print "Encountered the end of a %s tag" % tag
 
+   parser = MyHTMLParser()
+   parser.feed('<html><head><title>Test</title></head>'
+               '<body><h1>Parse me!</h1></body></html>')