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Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder?

From	"Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder?
Date	2016-05-30 21:48 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
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Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 3:09:16 PM UTC-6, Octavian W. Lagrange wrote:
>> Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 11:12:09 AM UTC-6, DFS wrote:
>> >> On 5/30/2016 12:53 PM, Steve Carroll wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> > Challenge for you... styling aside, (which is mainly there to help visually indicate functionality) how would you do this using Python...
>> >> >
>> >> > <http://imgur.com/P5pjSFt>
>> >> >
>> >> > ... to markup you were given (I changed venue names) that looked sorta like this:
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Sorry, but I don't understand what you're asking.
>> >> 
>> >> Do you mean how would I use python to create the table in the imgur 
>> >> link, starting from the HTML you listed?
>> > 
>> > No (the HTML already has a table), I mean how would you target events from that markup based on their date so you can differentiate past dates from future dates and include the "Next Gig" line shown at the top. 
>> 
>> Why would you do this after the markup?  That would seem to be something
>> you do before generating the markup.
> 
> This was for someone who had a static web page, and this was (essentially) their markup. How would you do this prior to generating the markup on this page in Python (I've never used it)?

I don't know python, but the way to approach it would be something like:
Get the dates, compare them to today's date, generate a <strike>/</strike>
pair on the older dates, print the earliest date greater than or equal
to today's date at the top with a "Next" label or whatever.

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OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-28 11:24 -0400
  Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-05-28 16:19 +0000
    Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-28 12:40 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-05-28 19:17 +0000
        Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 12:43 -0700
      Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-28 12:49 -0700
  Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 09:53 -0700
    Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-30 13:11 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 10:22 -0700
        Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-30 21:09 +0000
          Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 14:32 -0700
            Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-05-30 21:48 +0000
        Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-30 17:34 -0400
          Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-30 14:57 -0700
            Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-31 13:57 -0400
              Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 11:21 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-01 10:05 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 08:48 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-01 13:12 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-06-01 17:19 +0000
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-06-01 17:32 +0000
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 10:45 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-06-01 18:07 +0000
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 10:41 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 15:40 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-01 23:58 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 09:21 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-02 20:22 -0400
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2016-06-02 17:32 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-03 10:03 -0700
              Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-05-31 11:34 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 11:45 -0700
                Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? tmelmosfire <tmelmosfire@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 19:29 -0700
    Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-31 13:44 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 11:22 -0700
        Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 11:14 -0700
          Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? "Octavian W. Lagrange" <olagrang@perch.invalid> - 2016-06-01 18:21 +0000
          Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-01 14:26 -0400
            Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-01 11:46 -0700
          Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-02 20:49 -0400
            Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-06-04 07:55 -0700
              Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-06-04 17:49 -0400
      Re: OT: Steve Carroll, how would you fix this minor blunder? flatfish+++ <flatfish4real@gmail.com> - 2016-05-31 17:48 -0400

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