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Scraping the Olympics

Paul Bradshaw, author: Scraping for Journalists Leanpub.com/scrapingforjournalists

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?Scraping basicsCombining dataFinding stories in data

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Function (Parameters)

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Function (Parameters)=SUM(A2:A50)=AVERAGE(B2:B300)=COUNTIF(A10:A3000,”Smith”)

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(“string”, index)

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Tip: search for documentation

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Tip: search for structure around data

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Combining data

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?Question:Which torchbearers are from Dorset?

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?Finding leads:Corporate torchbearers?

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