From: rowlett@access.net   
      
   On 07/14/2024 01:13 AM, Stan Brown wrote:   
   > AOn Sat, 13 Jul 2024 23:39:14 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:08:48 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> These occurrences are consistently of the form   
   >>>      arbitrary_text   
   >>>   
   >>> I wish to delete "" and *ASSOCIATED* "".   
   >>   
   >> This is beyond the abilities of regular expressions. This is the point   
   >> where you need to use an actual HTML/XML-parsing library.   
   >>   
   >   
   > In general I'd agree with you. But the OP made a big deal -- in a   
   > different thread, for some reason -- about wanting to use minimal   
   > HTML, so I doubt very much there will be nested  ...    
   > sequences.   
      
   I'd compare using a minimal HTML to learning to crawl before pursuing   
   running a marathon ;}   
      
   >   
   > Also, the OP quite rightly wanted to confirm each change before it is   
   > made, so presumably if there are any nested sequences he will say no   
   > to that particular edit and fix it manually.   
   >   
      
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