============================== HTML::TableParser Version 0.31 ============================== NAME HTML::TableParser - Extract data from an HTML table DESCRIPTION HTML::TableParser uses HTML::Parser to extract data from an HTML table. The data is returned via a series of user defined callback functions or methods. Specific tables may be selected either by a unique table id or by matching against the column names. Multiple tables may be parsed simultaneously in the document. The data are presented to the caller as the table is scanned, on a row-by-row basis. INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DEPENDENCIES This module requires these other modules and libraries: HTML::Entities HTML::Parser Test::More CHANGES Major changes only. See the Changes file for more details. 0.31 ---- - packaging problems 0.3 --- - table matching via id and column names is now more flexible and simplified. The id and cols request keywords now take literals, regexps (via qr//), and subroutines (which are called to determine if a table matches) They can also take lists of matches. - colre is deprecated and will be removed eventually - requests can now explicitly exclude particular tables. tables can now be explicitly skipped. 0.2 --- - the order in which the requests list was matched was indeterminate (and incorrect). it is now explicit (and hopefully correct). - the checks for whether a request had been used were mostly broken, causing requests to be reused when they shouldn't have been. - a nested table in the first row of a table was processed before the enclosing table had a chance to perform a column name match. this could cause the nested table to steal a use-once request from the parent table COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA