htmlparse()

Read(493) Label: html, tag,

Description:

Get text data under a specified tag in an html file.

Syntax:

s.htmlparse(tag:i:j,…)

Note:

The function gets the jth text file under the ith tag from html file s.

 

Retrieve the first text file under the ith tag when parameter j is absent; get all text data under all tags when parameter i is absent; get all text data in the html file when there aren’t parameters.

Parameter:

s

Content of an html file

tag

A tag in an html file; if the tag’s value is “table”, get all data under it

i

An integer

j

An integer

Option:

@0

Retain null values; null values will be removed by default.

@p

Parse the html file as numbers of corresponding data type.

Return value:

Sequence

Example:

 

A

 

1

=file("D:/test.html").read()

Read the content of an html file.

2

=A1.htmlparse("a":11:0)

Get the 1st text file under the 12th <a> from A1’s html file.

3

=A1.htmlparse("a":11:0, "span":8:0)

Get text files under two tags from A1’s html file.

4

=A1.htmlparse("table":7)

Get all content under the 8th <table>.

 

 

A

 

1

=file("rq.html").read()

Read content of the html file and return the following result:

2

=A1.htmlparse("p":5)

Get the 1st text file under the 5th <p> tag from A1:

3

=A1.htmlparse("p")

Get text files under all <p> tags from A1:

4

=A1.htmlparse@0("p")

Get text files under all <p> tags from A1; @0 option works to retain null values:

5

=A1.htmlparse@p("p")

Get text files under all <p> tags from A1; @p option works to parse them as numbers of corresponding data types: