.NET Random FML

Platform:  .NET
Published  Dec 04, 2009
Updated  Dec 04, 2009
Opens a console window and reads latest FML (F**k my life) lines from the website. Testing the use of web clients without GUI and regular expression

Drop a comment if you want anything explained, and I will do my best. '*****
'Get random FML
'Alex Jones
'4/12/09
'*****

Imports System.Text.RegularExpressions
Imports System.Console

Module Module1

Sub Main()
WriteLine("Loading .. ")
Do
RandomFML() 'call function for random fml
ReadLine() 'pause the console with a readline to read
Loop
End Sub

Sub RandomFML()
Dim Download As New System.Net.WebClient()
Dim GetPage As String = New System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(Download.DownloadData("http://www.fmylife.com/random"))
Dim FmlRegex As Regex = New Regex("Today, .* FML#")
WriteLine(FmlRegex.Match(Regex.Replace(GetPage, "<[^<>]+>", "")).ToString.TrimEnd("#"))
End Sub

End Module

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jonesy44   -  Sep 04, 2010
It's a .NET script, you see the text above? Yeah, that's it. :)
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LostTruths   -  Sep 02, 2010
wth is this?
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