R help - Nov 2011 - Read from HTML file, print if see a specific string

So basically I have made a HTML file with a table in it. 

Column 3 contains a GenBank number and is always proceeded by
"=GenBank">".

I want to read the file and return the number which comes directly after
this (the contents of column 3).

Ideally I would like to save this number as a string for use later in the
script, but any help is good help. Been at this for HOURS and HOURS and
HOURS.

This is what I have so far:

#Open html file
$filename1 = 'Result1.html';
open (FILE1, $filename1) or die "Can't open $filename1 $!";
#Create array of results file data
@html1 = <FILE1>;
close (FILE1);
#What to look for
$genbank='^=GenBank">\$';

foreach $html1(@html1)
        {
                if (index($html1,$genbank) ge 0)
                {
                        print "Number here!\n";
                }
        }

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On 21.11.2011 21:51, yesitsjess wrote:
> So basically I have made a HTML file with a table in it.
>
> Column 3 contains a GenBank number and is always proceeded by
"=GenBank">".
>
> I want to read the file and return the number which comes directly after
> this (the contents of column 3).
>
> Ideally I would like to save this number as a string for use later in the
> script, but any help is good help. Been at this for HOURS and HOURS and
> HOURS.
>
> This is what I have so far:
>
> #Open html file
> $filename1 = 'Result1.html';
> open (FILE1, $filename1) or die "Can't open $filename1 $!";
> #Create array of results file data
> @html1 =<FILE1>;
> close (FILE1);
> #What to look for
> $genbank='^=GenBank">\$';
>
> foreach $html1(@html1)
>          {
>                  if (index($html1,$genbank) ge 0)
>                  {
>                          print "Number here!\n";
>                  }
>          }

This is not R code. Please note you wrote to the *R*-help list!

Uwe Ligges


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