Re: Alternative to Debian Repository - extract CSV formatted data from PDF
Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
> I wish to extract CSV formatted data from a PDF document. [1]
> Page ES-7 has a weekly grocery list for males grouped by age.
> I need only the first and last columns.
>
> Can someone point me in a suitable direction?
>
> TIA
>
> [1] https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2006
> Table ES-1. Thrifty Food Plan market baskets, quantities of food
> purchased for a week, by age-gender group, 2006
If you look at
https://www.fns.usda.gov/cnpp/thrifty-food-plan-2021 instead, you can
find the underlying data in spreadsheet form (.xlsx). Perhaps that will
be an adequate substitute?
Reply to: