Extracting info from a web page

[James McNab]

Thanks for the info Stuart, I don't have a problem with time being displayed as GMT. The problem comes when an application gives time as local time (ie including adjustment, BST in my case) the prblem comes when the same app actually dispays local time but without the adjustment for daylight savings (GMT in my case)

[Buck Buchanan]

Very interesting thread... Stuart, thank you for the code snip... really cool (and it works as is). Think I will experiment a little...

[Steve Hutchesson]

James,

I just went to the website you posted and the data you are after occurs in text form.

LOW TIDE: 02:01 HEIGHT: 0.30m
HIGH TIDE: 08:24 HEIGHT: 4.90m
LOW TIDE: 14:17 HEIGHT: 0.60m
HIGH TIDE: 20:42 HEIGHT: 4.80m

Just download the web page and search for the data you need. I just downloaded in with my text editor and it should be no big deal to search the file and find what you want as it is still basically a HTML file.

[Stuart McLachlan]

James,

I just went to the website you posted and the data you are after occurs in text form.

LOW TIDE: 02:01 HEIGHT: 0.30m
HIGH TIDE: 08:24 HEIGHT: 4.90m
LOW TIDE: 14:17 HEIGHT: 0.60m
HIGH TIDE: 20:42 HEIGHT: 4.80m

Just download the web page and search for the data you need. I just downloaded in with my text editor and it should be no big deal to search the file and find what you want as it is still basically a HTML file.

Your text editor must have stripped quite a lot of the content including the HTML tags when downloading if it looks like that. The actual page source is for that section is:

 
  <div class="times">                             <dl>                                   <dt>Low Tide:</dt>                                 <dd>02:01</dd>                 <dt>Height:</dt>                 <dd>0.30m</dd>               </dl>                             <dl>                                   <dt>High Tide:</dt>                                 <dd>08:24</dd>                 <dt>Height:</dt>                 <dd>4.90m</dd>               </dl>                             <dl>                                   <dt>Low Tide:</dt>                                 <dd>14:17</dd>                 <dt>Height:</dt>                 <dd>0.60m</dd>               </dl>                             <dl>                                   <dt>High Tide:</dt>                                 <dd>20:42</dd>                 <dt>Height:</dt>                 <dd>4.80m</dd>               </dl>                           </div>                   </div>

[Steve Hutchesson]

Nah,

That is what I copied through the clipboard from the viewed page. You get the full page just be downloading the file and the data is easy to find. This is what you are looking for.

                      <div class="times">
                            <dl>
                                  <dt>Low Tide:</dt>
                                <dd>02:01</dd>
                <dt>Height:</dt>
                <dd>0.30m</dd>
              </dl>
                            <dl>
                                  <dt>High Tide:</dt>
                                <dd>08:24</dd>
                <dt>Height:</dt>
                <dd>4.90m</dd>
              </dl>
                            <dl>
                                  <dt>Low Tide:</dt>
                                <dd>14:17</dd>
                <dt>Height:</dt>
                <dd>0.60m</dd>
              </dl>
                            <dl>
                                  <dt>High Tide:</dt>
                                <dd>20:42</dd>
                <dt>Height:</dt>
                <dd>4.80m</dd>
              </dl>
                          </div>
                  </div>