need help getting small block of text from bigger block

[derekfrelow]

i have a script that looks at pages html source code and all i want to do is get a small area of text.

I only included a small fragment of the pages source code. i want all the text between “features of this song ” and “These are just a few of the”. any ideas?

						<div id=\"community_section\">
			<div id=\"community_section_title\">
				Features Of This Song
			</div>
								downtempo influences<br>
								trip hop roots<br>
								rap influences<br>
								funk influences<br>
								danceable beats<br>
								extensive use of vocal samples<br>
								vocal samples<br>
								clear pronunciation<br>
								ambiguous lyrics<br>
								subtle buildup/breakdown<br>
								use of modal harmonies<br>
								light drum fills<br>
								a dominant bass riff<br>
								a slow moving bass line<br>
								synth riffs<br>
								affected synths<br>
								subtle use of noise effects<br>
								trippy soundscapes<br>
							<br>
			These are just a few of the <a href=\"http://blog.pandora.com/faq/index.html#19\">hundreds of attributes</a> cataloged for this song by the Music Genome Project.<br>
		</div>
	
						<div id=\"community_section\">
			<div id=\"community_section_title\">
				Similar Songs
			</div>

[derekfrelow]

i actualy fixed this with help from the text manipulation topics but now i cant get my result text to become a single line. this is the result but i want it all on the same line.

"
danceable beats,
an ambient intro,
buildup/breakdown,
use of modal harmonies,
the use of chordal patterning,
dry snare,
a tight kick sound,
inventive synth arrangements,
acoustic drum samples,
an electric bass riff,
gritty electric guitar riffs,
subtle use of arpeggiated synths,
affected synths,
ambient synth textures,
dominant use of riffs,
,
"

[regulus6633]

Your string has lots of extra spaces otherwise it would be easier! Normally a simple find/replace function finding return characters and replacing them with a space would have worked. However, with your string try this approach…

set textList to paragraphs of "
                                    danceable beats, 
                                    an ambient intro, 
                                    buildup/breakdown, 
                                    use of modal harmonies, 
                                    the use of chordal patterning, 
                                    dry snare, 
                                    a tight kick sound, 
                                    inventive synth arrangements, 
                                    acoustic drum samples, 
                                    an electric bass riff, 
                                    gritty electric guitar riffs, 
                                    subtle use of arpeggiated synths, 
                                    affected synths, 
                                    ambient synth textures, 
                                    dominant use of riffs, 
                                , 
                "

set oneLine to ""
repeat with i from 1 to count of textList
	if (item i of textList) is not "" then
		set oneLine to oneLine & removeLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(item i of textList) & space
	end if
end repeat
set oneLine to text 1 thru -2 of oneLine



on removeLeadingAndTrailingSpaces(theString)
	repeat while theString begins with space
		if (count of theString) is greater than 1 then
			set theString to text 2 thru -1 of theString
		else
			exit repeat
		end if
	end repeat
	
	repeat while theString ends with space
		if (count of theString) is greater than 1 then
			set theString to text 1 thru -2 of theString
		else
			exit repeat
		end if
	end repeat
	
	return theString
end removeLeadingAndTrailingSpaces

[derekfrelow]

thanks that put them all in the same line but it was still spread out with tabs like thins:

" club rap roots, southern rap roots, electronica influences, funk influences, tremendous bass, a knack for catchy hooks, party jam style, beats made for dancing, syncopated beats, funk beats, heavy use of guest rappers, consistent rhyme patterns, vocal samples, group rap arrangements, clear pronunciation, upbeat lyrics, boastin’ lyrics, party rhymes, backbeat handclaps, dark & deep beats, , "

So i added the script below and it works perfectly.

set text item delimiters to ditd
	set ditd to text item delimiters
	set text item delimiters to "	"
	set textItems to text items of step6
	set text item delimiters to ""
	if (class of step6 is string) then
		set res1 to textItems as string
	else -- if (class of TheString is Unicode text) then
		set res1 to textItems as Unicode text
	end if
	set text item delimiters to ditd
	return res1