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BRGriff · 06-04-2011, 07:49 PM

I found code on this forum written by Starson17 which allows for the changing of an "alink" to a text object. The code works fine and once converted to a text object, I can manipulate it with extra css to diminish the text's size and therefore accomplish part of what I want: to maximize the available screen area for viewing an image.

Starson17's code is:

Code:

    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
        for alink in soup.findAll('a'):
            if alink.string is not None:
               tstr = alink.string
               alink.replaceWith(tstr)
        return soup

My question is this: Once I have found the "alink" tag, as is done by Starson17's code, how can I "remove" it instead of "replacing" it with a string?

Seems to me if I could define the "tstr" as a null item, there would no longer be an "alink". I tried "tstr = []" but that did not work! Any other suggestions?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

06-04-2011, 07:49 PM	#1
BRGriff Connoisseur Posts: 58 Karma: 12 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Deland, Florida Device: Kindle 3	Remove "alink", not just change it to text I found code on this forum written by Starson17 which allows for the changing of an "alink" to a text object. The code works fine and once converted to a text object, I can manipulate it with extra css to diminish the text's size and therefore accomplish part of what I want: to maximize the available screen area for viewing an image. Starson17's code is: Code: def preprocess_html(self, soup): for alink in soup.findAll('a'): if alink.string is not None: tstr = alink.string alink.replaceWith(tstr) return soup My question is this: Once I have found the "alink" tag, as is done by Starson17's code, how can I "remove" it instead of "replacing" it with a string? Seems to me if I could define the "tstr" as a null item, there would no longer be an "alink". I tried "tstr = []" but that did not work! Any other suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated.