Lightweight html extraction

string.rb

class String
  def links
    self.scan /<a href\=\"[^"]*\"[^>]*>[^<]*<\/a>/
  end
  
  def images
    self.scan /<img src\=\"[^"]*\"[^>]*>/
  end
end

c = %[<p><img src="humbucker.png" />is a type of electric guitar pickup that uses two coils.
<a href="http://google.com/?q=humbucker" class="awesome">Humbuckers</a> get their name from their canceling out interference (they "buck the hum") induced by alternating current sources normally experienced with single coil pickups.
You can contact us at <a href="mailto:wha@humbuckercode.co.uk">our email, yo</a><br/><img src="humbucker2.png" id="moar"></p>]


puts c.links
puts c.images