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ExtractTableCell ( HTML ; cellNumber )

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Returns the contents of the specified cell in HTML table.

Sample Input:

ExtractTableCell (
"<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Cell A</td>
<td>Cell B</td>
</tr>
</body>
</html>"
;
2 )

Sample Output:

Cell B

/* ExtractTableCell function Author *COMMENT Visual Realisation Format ExtractTableCell ( HTML ; cellNumber ) Parameters HTML - any text expression or text field cellNumber - any numeric expression, or field containing a number, representing the number of the cell from the start of HTML Data type returned text Description Returns the contents of the specified cell in HTML table. Cells are counted from the beginning of the HTML code, ignoring table and row declarations. For example, if there are two tables of 2 rows by 3 columns each, cellNumber 8 refers to the cell in the first row, second column of the second table. January 21, 2007 */ Let ( [ cellStart = Position ( HTML ; "<TD" ; 1 ; cellNumber ) ; dataStart = Position ( HTML ; ">" ; cellStart ; 1 ) + 1 ; dataEnd = Position ( HTML ; "</TD" ; dataStart ; 1 ) ; cellCount = PatternCount ( HTML ; "<TD" ) ] ; Case ( 1 ≤ cellNumber and cellNumber ≤ cellCount ; Middle ( HTML ; dataStart ; dataEnd - dataStart ) ) )
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Description:

Returns the contents of the specified cell in HTML table. Cells are counted from the beginning of the HTML code, ignoring table and row declarations.

For example, if the HTML code contains two tables of 2 rows by 3 columns each, cellNumber 8 refers to the cell in the first row, second column of the second table.

This function is not recursive.

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