I agree. I have written some HTML parsers in the past (probably could be
written better) for pulling definitions from the web, and for getting quick
stock information on various stock symbols. This saves me from having to
open a web browser, go to the site, enter the text I am searching for, and
wait for the response. Since the sites I have chosen have a number of
graphics the wait time increases slightly.
These command line and GUI perl scripts are convenient. The time it takes
to figure out how to parse the data isn't too bad so I would recommend a
unique hack per site as Jez has.
Also, like Jez stated, a very good source for general perl questions not
related to the Win32::GUI module is http://www.perlmonks.org. There is a
wealth of information and help there.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Southwick
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At 1/8/2004 05:49 PM, Jez White wrote:
Hi,
As a basic reply: coming up with a generic HTML parser for the kind of thing
your doing will be difficult. You may find it quicker (in terms of
development time) to do a custom hack for every website you'll be looking
at. Other perl sites/lists would be able to help you better, a good place to
start would be www.perlmonks.net. Saying that there might be an online
database for the kind of information you are looking for ( I'd be surprised
if there isn't).
For what it's worth, you've probably chosen the correct language - but there
will be a learning curve - it wont be easy:)
cheers,
jez.
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Allegheny College
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