simple regex

[vpalag]

Hi,

My $body has some tags in the following fashion
<p>&nbsp;</p>

I am not able to clean them up by using
$body =~ s|<p>&nbsp;</p>||g;

Please help me if some one knows why it is not working.
Appreciate quick reply.

Pala

 

[vpalag]

Actally I had &nbsp; in the $body....I could not see it in
my posting.

$body = 'blah blah <H1>SOME THING</H1> <p>ampnbsp</p>';

Please read amp as &.

Thanks,
Venu

 

[Krel]

You can use & to show a literal ampersand. That said, I don't know what the problem is... The following should work...

$body =~ s!<p>&ampnbsp</p>!!ig;

 

[vpalag]

Thanks Krel, It's working. My mistake was I had a
$body =~ s|</p>|<br>|g before this - Venu