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Re: Parsing PDFs by text position?

by djp (Hermit)
on Mar 28, 2010 at 11:02 UTC ( #831443=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Parsing PDFs by text position?

> I'm trying to parse PDFs of account balances.

Where did this crazy requirement come from?

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Re^2: Parsing PDFs by text position?
by deep3101 (Acolyte) on Jun 01, 2011 at 02:05 UTC
    how does the PDF file look like when it is converted to TEXT, if it is separated by tabs or conspicuous spaces then you can use it to write it as xls sheet by SpreadSheet::Wright and then you can handle it easily.
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