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NAME

6       HTML::Parse - Deprecated, a wrapper around HTML::TreeBuilder
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SYNOPSIS

9         See the documentation for HTML::TreeBuilder
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DESCRIPTION

12       Disclaimer: This module is provided only for backwards compatibility
13       with earlier versions of this library.  New code should not use this
14       module, and should really use the HTML::Parser and HTML::TreeBuilder
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17       The "HTML::Parse" module provides functions to parse HTML documents.
18       There are two functions exported by this module:
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20       parse_html($html) or parse_html($html, $obj)
21           This function is really just a synonym for $obj->parse($html) and
22           $obj is assumed to be a subclass of "HTML::Parser".  Refer to
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25           If $obj is not specified, the $obj will default to an internally
26           created new "HTML::TreeBuilder" object configured with strict_com‐
27           ment() turned on.  That class implements a parser that builds (and
28           is) a HTML syntax tree with HTML::Element objects as nodes.
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30           The return value from parse_html() is $obj.
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32       parse_htmlfile($file, [$obj])
33           Same as parse_html(), but pulls the HTML to parse, from the named
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38       When a "HTML::TreeBuilder" object is created, the following variables
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41       $HTML::Parse::IMPLICIT_TAGS
42           Setting this variable to true will instruct the parser to try to
43           deduce implicit elements and implicit end tags.  If this variable
44           is false you get a parse tree that just reflects the text as it
45           stands.  Might be useful for quick & dirty parsing.  Default is
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48           Implicit elements have the implicit() attribute set.
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50       $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_UNKNOWN
51           This variable contols whether unknow tags should be represented as
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54       $HTML::Parse::IGNORE_TEXT
55           Do not represent the text content of elements.  This saves space if
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60           Call warn() with an apropriate message for syntax errors.  Default
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REMEMBER!

64       HTML::TreeBuilder objects should be explicitly destroyed when you're
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SEE ALSO

68       HTML::Parser, HTML::TreeBuilder, HTML::Element
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71       Copyright 1995-1998 Gisle Aas, 1999-2004 Sean M. Burke, 2005 Andy
72       Lester, 2006 Pete Krawczyk.
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74       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
75       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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77       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
78       without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of mer‐
79       chantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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AUTHOR

82       Currently maintained by Pete Krawczyk "<petek@cpan.org>"
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84       Original authors: Gisle Aas, Sean Burke and Andy Lester.
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