Re^4: How to Extract PDF tables using Perl

And then wrap that "how" up into a CPAN module. :-)

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Re^5: How to Extract PDF tables using Perl by LanX (Saint) on May 11, 2016 at 11:33 UTC
Possibly if there was any Perl module to replace `pdftohtml -xml` , ie to get character clusters by positions. Then one could try to combine histograms of word positions with further user hints like font or area of position. Not sure if CAM::PDF can be used to get word positions, the docs only mention "objects", whatever that means... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^5: How to Extract PDF tables using Perl
by LanX (Saint) on May 11, 2016 at 11:33 UTC

pdftohtml -xml

Then one could try to combine histograms of word positions with further user hints like font or area of position.

Not sure if CAM::PDF can be used to get word positions, the docs only mention "objects", whatever that means...

Cheers Rolf
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Je suis Charlie!}