Off-Topic: Parse an html file and transfer the text found

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Aug 6 23:37:21 UTC 2008


NoOp wrote:
> Have you tried opening the html files in Calc (OpenOffice.org)? Give it
> a try; you may find that the files are structured sufficiently to parse
> the drug names in an orderly fashion & then use that spreadsheet to
> directly create a Base (OOo) database.

Good point.  The odds are probably greatly against it - but the advantage if
it works is well worth the small effort to give it a try.
-- 
derek





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