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Error in regex formulation for web scraping in python

I am trying to scrape some information from a website. I require 8 fields of information, I have got it for 5 fields, but 3 fields are always coming empty. I think there is some mistake with my ...
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Deployment of Python to support embedded and extended ways

I'm currently trying to deploy a site-package using Python 2.7 in a project written in C++ and using SWIG. Everything works very well. Our application is distributed to many clients, and we have one ...
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JSP :: Java EE : ? :: Django [closed]

I am a newbie to Django and have Java EE( Struts) experience. In structs we can make use of the powerful Struts Tags and the same are complemented by the jsp tags. I have read that html files are the ...
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Is Python a good candidate for deployment automation? [closed]

I am looking for a scripting language for deployment automation (installing, uninstalling, copying files etc.). Main requirements are: cross-platform, debuggable, good documentation, good IDE (or ...
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Which scripting language suits best in my scenario? [closed]

I am searching through the web for the best scripting language for my current scenario. As I writing this question here, you can see that I am not certain which one is the best for my case. What is ...
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sh script equivalent of python script

Ok, so I have the following situation. I need to edit the PYTHONPATH dynamically on a target PC. Now the structure of the project is: trunk bin start_script dependencies ...
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1answer
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how to create scripting languages [closed]

I'd really like to know what knowledge do I have to pursue in order to create scripting languages from the ground up, probably using C++, maybe python, for those are the languages I know. I've ...
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4answers
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write a scripting language in python

I'm relatively new to programming, and I would like to write a simple scripting language as an exercise, and to learn a bit. I have experience with Python, C, and Ruby, and would like to learn to ...
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Embedding a Low Performance Scripting Language in Python

I have a web-application. As part of this, I need users of the app to be able to write (or copy and paste) very simple scripts to run against their data. The scripts really can be very simple, and ...
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Good compilers for compiling perl/python/php scripts into linux executables?

I am working on a project that requires reading text files, extracting data from them, and then generating reports (text files). Since there are a lot of string parsing, I decided to do it in Perl or ...
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Debugging a scripting language like ruby

I am basically from the world of C language programming, now delving into the world of scripting languages like Ruby and Python. I am wondering how to do debugging. At present the steps I follow is, ...
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Is there a “safe” subset of Python for use as an embedded scripting language?

In the many Python applications I've created, I often create simple modules containing nothing but constants to be used as config files. Additionally, because the config file is actually a Python ...
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Deploying application with Python or another embedded scripting language

I'm thinking about using Python as an embedded scripting language in a hobby project written in C++. I would not like to depend on separately installed Python distribution. Python documentation seems ...
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Should I use Perl or Python for network monitoring? [closed]

I want to have some work done on the Network front, pinging numerous computers on a LAN and retrieving data about the response time. Which would be the most useful and productive to work with: Perl or ...
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13answers
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Scripting language choice for initial performance

I have a small lightweight application that is used as part of a larger solution. Currently it is written in C but I am looking to rewrite it using a cross-platform scripting language. The solution ...
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11answers
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Scripting in Java [closed]

Me and some friends are writing a MORPG in Java, and we would like to use a scripting language to, eg. to create quests. We have non experience with scripting in Java. We have used Python, but we are ...