RE: extract HTML table in a structured format

2013-04-12 Thread Prasad, Ramit
Jabba Laci > Hi, > > I wonder if there is a nice way to extract a whole HTML table and have the > result in a nice structured > format. What I want is to have the lifetime table at the bottom of this page: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases (then figure out with a > script un

Re: extract HTML table in a structured format

2013-04-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 4:15 AM, Jabba Laci wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks, it's a great idea to parse the wiki source. Since then I have found > a command for this particular task called "ubuntu-support-status" that shows > what I need. That sounds like an even better option. Anything that depends on p

Re: extract HTML table in a structured format

2013-04-10 Thread Jabba Laci
Hi, Thanks, it's a great idea to parse the wiki source. Since then I have found a command for this particular task called "ubuntu-support-status" that shows what I need. But the idea to extract an HTML table from a webpage in a structured format could be an interesting (and useful) project idea.

Re: extract HTML table in a structured format

2013-04-10 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
On 10 April 2013 09:44, Jabba Laci wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder if there is a nice way to extract a whole HTML table and have the > result in a nice structured format. What I want is to have the lifetime > table at the bottom of this page: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases (then