On 10/25/06, Danny Favela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm trying to get particular data from a website. The data is in a table. I am to: 1. Parse the source code and locate the string indicating that the data related to that item will soon follow. 2. Retrieve that data. The data changes every day, so it's not an issue of simply looking for the same string and float every time.
I recommend that you use a Perl program for this task. Perl is an excellent language for simple programs like this. One reason is the power of regular expressions to parse text and extract data; another is the strength of modules (such as LWP and HTML::Parser) that you can find on CPAN: http://search.cpan.org/ Hope this helps! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
