dimension wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If i have a string like this:
> "<td class="yfnc_tablehead1" width="75%">Float:</td><td
> class="yfnc_tabledata1">2.20M</td>
> <td class="yfnc_tablehead1" width="75%">Outstanding Shares:</td><td
> class="yfnc_tabledata1">222.20M</td>"
>
> And i wanted to parse the value for Float and OutStanding shares,
> what is the best way to do this? I was thinking of using regular
> expression and searching for "Float" and "Outstanding Shares", but
> now quite sure how to do it. can anyone assist?

"Leon Mayne [MVP]" wrote:

> dimension wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > If i have a string like this:
> > "<td class="yfnc_tablehead1" width="75%">Float:</td><td
> > class="yfnc_tabledata1">2.20M</td>
> > <td class="yfnc_tablehead1" width="75%">Outstanding Shares:</td><td
> > class="yfnc_tabledata1">222.20M</td>"
> >
> > And i wanted to parse the value for Float and OutStanding shares,
> > what is the best way to do this? I was thinking of using regular
> > expression and searching for "Float" and "Outstanding Shares", but
> > now quite sure how to do it. can anyone assist?
>
> Considering that snippet would classify as XML as well, you could just read
> it in as XML and then parse it to get the values. Just iterate through the
> siblings on a key-value basis.
>
>