string/html parsing in c#

[dekelc]

Hello!

I'm building a string parser for my friend and I need some help...

The parser will get a string which is an html file.

from that html (which is received as a string) the parser needs to exract the
attribute called 'content' from an element called 'meta name="keywords"'.

this is for a search function...

I thought of convering the string to a xml file and then exract the attribute,
but I don't know how...

can anyone help?

thanks!

[Hack]

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[BrandonTurner]

I dont think converting html to xml is really a good idea... or even going to work for that matter. Why not use normal string functions like IndexOf and SubString?

[umilmi81]

When you say the HTML file is passed as a string, are you saying the contents of the HTML file (the actual HTML code) is passed as a string, or that the filename to the HTML file is passed as a string?

You should look at the MSHTML library. It lets you automate an Internet Explorer window.

So you can navigate to a URL or file on disk, and iterate through all the elements. The most important part is that you can get back a collection of any type of element you want.

Check out this site.

http://www.csharphelp.com/archives/archive146.html

I can also post some of my own code if you want additional reference material.

[dekelc]

I meant that the html code is passed on as a string,
not the url...