Try using XML package: Lines <- "<td><a href='2005-01.html'>2005-01</a></td><td><a href='2006-01.html'>2006-01</a></td><td><a href='2007-01.html'>2007-01</a></td><td><a href='2008-01.html'>2008-01</a></td><td><a href='2009-01.html'>2009-01</a></td>"
library(XML) xpathApply(htmlParse(Lines), "//a", xmlAttrs) On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:29 AM, Rene <kaixinma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Can someone please guide me how to get the certain part from a long html > language? > > > > e.g. > > > > "<td><a href='2005-01.html'>2005-01</a></td><td><a > href='2006-01.html'>2006-01</a></td><td><a > href='2007-01.html'>2007-01</a></td><td><a > href='2008-01.html'>2008-01</a></td><td><a > href='2009-01.html'>2009-01</a></td>" > > > > How to get only the wording of "2005-01.html", "2006-01.html", > "2007-01.html"," 2008-01.html"," 2009-01.html" from the above html code? I > have tried to use gsub function, but not working. > > > > Please guide me on this. > > > > Thanks a lot. > > Rene. > > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
