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zem52887 · May 26th, 2006, 11:15 AM

I'm having trouble with the above code, but I wanted to try outputting the data into the table format, however after running the script, I get a blinking cursor...

here is the code I attempted:

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def get_company_data(company_urls):
        soup = BeautifulSoup(urlopen(company_urls))
        
        #Company Name
        name = soup.firstText(re.compile("Company Profile"))
        
        
        #Company Profile - Table
        profile = soup.fetchText(re.compile("Company Profile"))[2]
        companyprofile = profile.findNext("table")
         
            
        #Contact Information - Table
        contact = soup.firstText(re.compile("Contact Information"))
        contacttable = contact.findParent("table")
          
            
        #Financial Highlights - Table
        highlights = soup.firstText(re.compile("Highlights"))
        fhighlights = highlights.findParent("table")
        
        z = len(highlights)
        if z == 0:
            "N/A"

        else:
            fhighlights
                      
        #Key People
        key = soup.firstText(re.compile("Key People"))
        keypeople = key.findParent("table")
        
        output = "<table>"
        output += "<tr>\n"
        output += "<td>" + name + "</td>"
        output += "<td>" + companyprofile + "</td>"
        output += "<td>" + contacttable + "</td>"
        output += "<td>" + z + "</td>"
        output += "<td>" + keypeople + "</td>"
        output += "</tr>"
        output += "</table>"
        return output

Shouldn't that create a table with each of the data pieces going into a new cell, or do I have to add "<td>\n" after each to create a new one? or am I horribly off on outputting to an html table?

May 26th, 2006, 11:15 AM	#200
zem52887 Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 127 Rep Power: 3	I'm having trouble with the above code, but I wanted to try outputting the data into the table format, however after running the script, I get a blinking cursor... here is the code I attempted: (Toggle Plain Text) def get_company_data(company_urls): soup = BeautifulSoup(urlopen(company_urls)) #Company Name name = soup.firstText(re.compile("Company Profile")) #Company Profile - Table profile = soup.fetchText(re.compile("Company Profile"))[2] companyprofile = profile.findNext("table") #Contact Information - Table contact = soup.firstText(re.compile("Contact Information")) contacttable = contact.findParent("table") #Financial Highlights - Table highlights = soup.firstText(re.compile("Highlights")) fhighlights = highlights.findParent("table") z = len(highlights) if z == 0: "N/A" else: fhighlights #Key People key = soup.firstText(re.compile("Key People")) keypeople = key.findParent("table") output = "<table>" output += "<tr>\n" output += "<td>" + name + "</td>" output += "<td>" + companyprofile + "</td>" output += "<td>" + contacttable + "</td>" output += "<td>" + z + "</td>" output += "<td>" + keypeople + "</td>" output += "</tr>" output += "</table>" return output def get_company_data(company_urls): soup = BeautifulSoup(urlopen(company_urls)) #Company Name name = soup.firstText(re.compile("Company Profile")) #Company Profile - Table profile = soup.fetchText(re.compile("Company Profile"))[2] companyprofile = profile.findNext("table") #Contact Information - Table contact = soup.firstText(re.compile("Contact Information")) contacttable = contact.findParent("table") #Financial Highlights - Table highlights = soup.firstText(re.compile("Highlights")) fhighlights = highlights.findParent("table") z = len(highlights) if z == 0: "N/A" else: fhighlights #Key People key = soup.firstText(re.compile("Key People")) keypeople = key.findParent("table") output = "<table>" output += "<tr>\n" output += "<td>" + name + "</td>" output += "<td>" + companyprofile + "</td>" output += "<td>" + contacttable + "</td>" output += "<td>" + z + "</td>" output += "<td>" + keypeople + "</td>" output += "</tr>" output += "</table>" return output Shouldn't that create a table with each of the data pieces going into a new cell, or do I have to add "<td>\n" after each to create a new one? or am I horribly off on outputting to an html table?