hello boost group i tested this program from "boost.regex" to find url's inside .htm file: /* * * Copyright (c) 2003 * John Maddock * * Use, modification and distribution are subject to the * Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file * LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) * */ /* * LOCATION: see http://www.boost.org for most recent version. * FILE regex_token_iterator_example_2.cpp * VERSION see <boost/version.hpp> * DESCRIPTION: regex_token_iterator example: spit out linked URL's. */ #include "stdafx.h" #include <fstream> #include <iostream> #include <iterator> #include <boost/regex.hpp> boost::regex e("<\\s*A\\s+[^>]*href\\s*=\\s*\"([^\"]*)\"", boost::regex::normal | boost::regbase::icase); void load_file(std::string& s, std::istream& is) { s.erase(); if(is.bad()) return; // // attempt to grow string buffer to match file size, // this doesn't always work... s.reserve(is.rdbuf()->in_avail()); char c; while(is.get(c)) { // use logarithmic growth stategy, in case // in_avail (above) returned zero: if(s.capacity() == s.size()) s.reserve(s.capacity() * 3); s.append(1, c); } } int main(int argc, char** argv) { std::string s; int i; // argc = 2; // argv[1] = "C:/schmidt23_cpp/example/debug/bookmark.htm"; for(i = 1; i < argc; ++i) { std::cout << "Findings URL's in " << argv[i] << ":" << std::endl; s.erase(); std::ifstream is(argv[i]); load_file(s, is); is.close(); boost::sregex_token_iterator i(s.begin(), s.end(), e, 1); boost::sregex_token_iterator j; while(i != j) { std::cout << *i++ << std::endl; } } return 0; } i need to know how to "get/fetch" the output - currently to console, into a field in order to continue it's processing? thanks meir