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How can I extract HTML table data using Perl?

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Look at Ken MacFarlane's Parsing HTML with HTML::Parser in The Perl Journal. I'm not sure if that's the parser you're referring to, but it looks like it can do what you want, or at least point you in the right direction.

Chris Thompson 2009-12-21 05:55:00

You shouldn't have to reach down into HTML::Parser for this. There are many tools built on top of it that should be able to handle the job.

brian d foy 2009-12-23 02:15:42

Answer 2

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You can try something like this:

my $html = '<html code....';

$html =~ s/^.*(<table id="tablename">.*<\/table>).*/$1/s;

sitemap 2009-12-21 06:32:39

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454

Leonardo Herrera 2009-12-21 12:50:34

Answer 3

+10 A:

HTML::TableExtract sounds exactly like what you are looking for.

Leon Timmermans 2009-12-21 07:33:19

Answer 4

+2 A:

Use HTML::Table.

Pradeep 2009-12-21 11:30:16

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