Subj : Re: not sure who to ask... sorting data from a web page...
To   : comp.programming
From : Jon Harrop
Date : Tue Jul 26 2005 10:05 pm

Eric wrote:
> Hi there, I'm wondering if anyone might now how I can sort through
> data from a web site.
> ...
> Can any one tell me how to create these lists without typing them all
> out by hand?

I don't know of an easy way to do this. I'd write an OCaml program using
ocamllex to pull out the relevant columns of the big table of data. There
are hackier ways (e.g. using "sed") which would be quicker to write if you
know what you're doing but will be harder to debug and almost impossible to
maintain.

If you can't get someone to do it for you for free over the internet then
your best bet is to either learn how to do it yourself or to hire a
consultant like me. :-)

-- 
Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy
http://www.ffconsultancy.com

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