Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-22 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Comment Holder wrote: > As I am new, I won't ask for assistance before I get some general idea about > Python. I shall dedicate the weekend for this purpose, or at least Sunday. > Once I am done, I will post my results back in here. Smart move :) I strongly rec

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-22 Thread Comment Holder
Dear Piet, Many thanks for your assistance. It is much appreciated. I have just installed Python 3.3.2 and BeautifulSoup 4.3.1. I tried running the code, but run into some syntax errors. > I wonder how you would want that with multiparagraph contents. I am looking to save all the paragraphs

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-22 Thread Comment Holder
Dear Terry, Many thanks for your comments. Actually I was, because the target-page doesn't have a neat structure. But, after all of your contributions, I think the task can be achieved very well with Python. Thanks again & all best// -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Piet van Oostrum
Comment Holder writes: > Hi, > I am totally new to Python. I noticed that there are many videos showing how > to collect data from Python, but I am not sure if I would be able to > accomplish my goal using Python so I can start learning. > > Here is the example of the target page: > http://and.

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Terry Reedy
On 8/21/2013 1:52 PM, Joel Goldstick wrote: On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Comment Holder wrote: Many thanks for your help - I think I shall start with this way and see how it goes. My concerns were if the task can be accomplished with Python, and from your posts, I guess it can - so I sh

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Comment Holder wrote: > Dear Joel, > > Many thanks for your help - I think I shall start with this way and see how > it goes. My concerns were if the task can be accomplished with Python, and > from your posts, I guess it can - so I shall give it a try :). > > Ag

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Comment Holder
Dear Joel, Many thanks for your help - I think I shall start with this way and see how it goes. My concerns were if the task can be accomplished with Python, and from your posts, I guess it can - so I shall give it a try :). Again, thanks a lot & all best// -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Comment Holder wrote: > Many thanks Joel, > > You are right to some extent. I come from Finance background, but I am very > familiar with what could be referred to as non-native languages such as > Matlab, VBA,.. actually, I have developed couple of complete pro

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Comment Holder
Many thanks Joel, You are right to some extent. I come from Finance background, but I am very familiar with what could be referred to as non-native languages such as Matlab, VBA,.. actually, I have developed couple of complete programs. I have asked this question, because I am a little worried

Re: I wonder if I would be able to collect data from such page using Python

2013-08-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Comment Holder wrote: > Hi, > I am totally new to Python. I noticed that there are many videos showing how > to collect data from Python, but I am not sure if I would be able to > accomplish my goal using Python so I can start learning. > > Here is the example o