From: Tamara Temple <tamouse.lists@...>
Date: 2013-07-25T08:35:47+09:00
Subject: Re: Link To Masses Of External Data In Openoffice?


On Jul 23, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Austin J. <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> So someone helped me out and made a code for Ruby.
> This is the code.
> 
> $ ruby -rmechanize -e'n=(1..600); a=Mechanize.new; n.each{|j|
> o=a.get("http://rslsim.atspace.com/html/players/player#{j}stats.htm");
> b=o.search("tr"); [1,2,4].each{|q| puts b[q].search("td").map{|i|
> i.text}.join(",") } } ' > data.csv
> 
> Can someone convert this into a windows code possibly or tell me what
> I'm doing wrong? I know it can be done because he did it on Linux but
> doesn't know how to do it on Windows.


Your problem isn't with the ruby code, it's with the difference between a linux shell and windows cmd.exe.

Take the code between the first ' and the last ' and put it in a file called, say, 'scrape.rb'. Then change the command to:

C:\> ruby -rmechanize scrape.rb > data.csv