Improve HTMLParser example in the doc.

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Ezio Melotti 2011-10-28 14:14:34 +03:00
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@ -186,16 +186,21 @@ An exception is defined as well:
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 the end of a %s tag" % tag
print "Encountered an end tag:", tag
def handle_data(self, data):
print "Encountered some data:", data
parser = MyHTMLParser()
parser.feed('<html><head><title>Test</title></head>'
'<body><h1>Parse me!</h1></body></html>')