Subj : Novice needs help!
To   : comp.programming
From : programmernovice
Date : Mon Aug 08 2005 04:03 pm

Hi, I'd like to learn to extract information from websites
automatically, the information is available manually but it takes a
long time to extract this way.  I know a few basics such as looping,
"if" statements, etc, but unfortunately learned programming in the
Fortran days!  I know nothing about "object-based languages"

I'd appreciate all information concerning how to go about learning
this, such as the optimum language to learn,  and what sources such as
books, etc. to acquire to begin.   All help greatly appreciated.

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