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in thread How to Extract PDF tables using Perl

Yes, that's right.

It always depends on the way the PDF was generated. (some PDF tools even position every single character)

Maybe the getPageContentTree method helps to build a more generally solution.

The example based on the solution i've seen.

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Re^4: How to Extract PDF tables using Perl
by LanX (Saint) on May 27, 2016 at 15:51 UTC
    Thanks that's interesting ... I'll give it a try next time I need to parse PDF. :)

    Cheers Rolf
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