[REBOL] Re: Extract email address from line
From: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 6-Apr-2005 12:05
Hi Stuart,
>> > Because there is no fixed rule about where the email address appears
>> > in the line I can't use the parse tools I normally use in a log when
>> > everything is in fixed position.
Another approach would be to use block parsing.
foreach line lines [
parse to block! line [any [set mail email! break | any-type!]]
if mail [
; send mail
]
]
to block! *can* fail with invalid data (e.g. 1xr will try to become a
pair! which it can't do, so you have to weigh that risk.
-- Gregg