Dear All, I have imported an HTML document to R (called tables) and wish to select certain pieces of it for processing. The first few lines of the object appear as follows:
> tables [[1]] <table id="fs-table" class="gf-table rgt"> <thead> <tr><th class="lm lft nwp"> In Millions of USD (except for per share items) </th> <th class="rgt"> 3 months ending 2010-06-30 </th> <th class="rgt"> 3 months ending 2010-03-31 </th> <th class="rgt"> 3 months ending 2009-12-31 </th> <th class="rgt"> 3 months ending 2009-09-30 </th> <th class="rgt rm"> 3 months ending 2009-06-30 </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <!-- 1 row for one coaitem --> <tr><td class="lft lm">Revenue </td> <td class="r">16,039.00</td> <td class="r">14,503.00</td> <td class="r">19,022.00</td> <td class="r">12,920.00</td> <td class="r rm">13,099.00</td> </tr> .... The next major partition of the object is: [[2]] <table id="fs-table" class="gf-table rgt"> <thead> <tr><th class="lm lft nwp"> In Millions of USD (except for per share items) </th> <th class="rgt"> 12 months ending 2010-06-30 </th> <th class="rgt"> 12 months ending 2009-06-30 </th> <th class="rgt"> 12 months ending 2008-06-30 </th> <th class="rgt rm"> 12 months ending 2007-06-30 </th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <!-- 1 row for one coaitem --> <tr><td class="lft lm">Revenue </td> <td class="r">62,484.00</td> <td class="r">58,437.00</td> <td class="r">60,420.00</td> <td class="r rm">51,122.00</td> </tr> <tr><td class="lft lm">Other Revenue, Total </td> <td class="r">-</td> <td class="r">-</td> <td class="r">-</td> <td class="r rm">-</td> </tr> <tr class="hilite"><td class="lft lm bld">Total Revenue </td> <td class="r bld">62,484.00</td> <td class="r bld">58,437.00</td> <td class="r bld">60,420.00</td> <td class="r bld rm">51,122.00</td> </tr> <tr><td class="lft lm">Cost of Revenue, Total </td> <td class="r">12,395.00</td> <td class="r">12,155.00</td> <td class="r">11,598.00</td> <td class="r rm">10,693.00</td> How can I specify the part of the R object denoted by [[1]] and put it into a new object for processing. As in table1<-... I have tried many variations of [[1]], c[1], etc. but haven't had any luck. Guidance would be much appreciated. --John Sparks, Ph.D. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.