jonesy44 said:> Why the second sockread %mgs?

I need the second sockread %mgs because that is used to get the actual quote itself.

Let's take

<b><a href="/name/nm0371684/">Solid Snake</a></b>:
This reminds me of when we first met. 
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for instance.

        if ($regex(%mgs,<b><a href="/name/.*/">(.*)</a></b>:|<b>(.*)</b>:)) {

gets the person who said the quote from the Solid Snake: part, and then after that, I need to get the actual quote itself. By using sockread again, I can get the next line, which contains the quote.

Hope this clarifies your question.