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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: beautiful soup get class info |
| Date | 2014-03-07 01:48 +0000 |
| References | <e73d29eb-17bb-472e-bdc4-c38ca904c60f@googlegroups.com> <lfanh4$mna$1@reader1.panix.com> <ae5b837c-501d-498e-bd3a-3b2c709c42b0@googlegroups.com> <lfaspm$998$1@reader1.panix.com> <c303cbad-d790-43ce-a88d-2068ec8e371c@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.7886.1394156960.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 07/03/2014 01:37, teddybubu@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, March 6, 2014 4:28:06 PM UTC-6, John Gordon wrote: >> In <ae5b837c-501d-498e-bd3a-3b2c709c42b0@googlegroups.com> writes: >> >> >> >>>> soup.find_all(name="span", class="date") >> >> >> >>> I have python 2.7.2 and it does not like class in the code you provided. >> >> >> >> Oh right, 'class' is a reserved word. I imagine beautifulsoup has >> >> a workaround for that. >> >> >> >>> Now when I take out [ class="date"], this is returned: >> >>> [<span class="date">March 5, 2014</span>, <span class="date">March 5, 2014</span>] >> >>> >> >>> This is the code I am using: "data = soup.find_all(name="span") >> >>> print (data)" >> >>> 1. it returns today's date instead of the actual date >> >>> 2. returns it twice >> >> >> >> Are there two occurrences of '<span class="date">March 5, 2014</span>' >> >> in the HTML? If so, then beautifulsoup is doing its job correctly. >> >> >> >> It might help if you posted the sample HTML data you're working with. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> John Gordon Imagine what it must be like for a real medical doctor to >> >> watch 'House', or a real serial killer to watch 'Dexter'. > > ok I got this working. now to the next problem.... thanks. > I'm pleased to see that you have a solution. Now, should you wish to ask further questions, would you please read and action this first https://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython to prevent us seeing the double line spacing above, thanks. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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beautiful soup get class info teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-03-06 12:22 -0800
Re: beautiful soup get class info John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-03-06 20:58 +0000
Re: beautiful soup get class info teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-03-06 13:38 -0800
Re: beautiful soup get class info John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-03-06 22:28 +0000
Re: beautiful soup get class info teddybubu@gmail.com - 2014-03-06 17:37 -0800
Re: beautiful soup get class info Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-07 01:48 +0000
Re: beautiful soup get class info Christopher Welborn <cjwelborn@live.com> - 2014-03-11 21:04 -0500
Re: beautiful soup get class info Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-03-12 08:36 +0100
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