regular expression help needed

G

Gianni B.

Hi there. A client of mine has a static html ecommerce site using a
3rd party shopping cart. I have been ask to build a program that
scans their site and looks for product id's (which are in the
descriptions) and do the following to items that are sold out (for
updating purposes):

1. replace the html text yes to no which will reflect the items
availability

2. be able to comment out the submit button for adding that item to
their cart


Here's the code i'll be looking at. the sku number i will search for
in this example is "cd-711", which shows up in the middle of the html.
So again, here's what I want to do in more detail:

1. find the text "yes" that shows up before the first match of the
text "cd-711" and replace the word "yes" with "no"

2. be able to comment out (<!-- <form ... -->) the form which exists
after finding the text "cd-711"

I hope this makes sense. Thanks in advance.

<td align=left height=101 id=vTD3 valign=top width=166>
available: <span id=strAvail_final name="strAvail_final">yes</span>
<br>
item #:
<span id=strItemNum_final name="strItemNum_final">cd-711</span>
<br>
<form action="http://www.ecommerceserver.com" name=frmserver >
<input type=image src="../images/img_submit.gif">
</form>

</td>
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
473,755
Messages
2,569,534
Members
45,007
Latest member
obedient dusk

Latest Threads

Top