I think the point here is don't use regexps for this. Some time ago I got into a...

jgrahamc on July 8, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oh Yes You Can Use Regexes to Parse HTML

I think the point here is don't use regexps for this. Some time ago I got into a spat with Eric Raymond about this very subject. Bottom line is that there are nice libraries for HTML parsing out there. Use one: http://blog.jgc.org/2009/11/parsing-html-in-python-with.html