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On Friday, May 24, 2013 4:36:35 PM UTC-7, Carlos Nepomuceno wrote:
> #to create the tables list
> tables=[[re.findall('<TD>(.*?)</TD>',r,re.S) for r in re.findall('<TR>(.*?)</TR>',t,re.S)] for t in re.findall('<TABLE>(.*?)</TABLE>',page,re.S)]
> 
> 
> Pretty simple. 

Two nested list comprehensions, with regex pattern matching?

Logan did say he was a "total beginner."  :^)