Hi
could any one show me the best way to extract the info i need from the file below. Basicly the files are hand historys from a poker site and i would like to keep track of how often a player calls checks folds and so on. The file is in html (hoping it posts ok) , or if any one could tell me if it would be better to convert the file to xml (if possible) and extract the data that way?
well here is a short part of the file .....




IdxDate/TimeTable NameHand IDStakes
[Jul 31 16:04:10]Casanova10474702-12327$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:20]Casanova10474702-12326$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 16:02:32]Casanova10474702-12325$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 16:01:45]Casanova10474702-12324$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 16:00:43]Casanova10474702-12323$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:59:13]Casanova10474702-12322$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:58:00]Casanova10474702-12321$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:57:31]Casanova10474702-12320$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:56:44]Casanova10474702-12319$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:56:22]Casanova10474702-12318$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:54:56]Casanova10474702-12317$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:53:43]Casanova10474702-12316$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:52:18]Casanova10474702-12315$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:50:59]Casanova10474702-12314$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:49:37]Casanova10474702-12313$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:48:10]Casanova10474702-12312$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:47:20]Casanova10474702-12311$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:46:31]Casanova10474702-12310$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 15:45:09]Casanova10474702-12309$0.25/$0.50
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Real Money Ring Game
Table NameHand IDGameStakes
Casanova10474702-12327Holdem Limit$0.25/$0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Hand Start.
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 1 : davebass has $31.99
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 2 : PoKaBoT has $15.21
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 4 : WC2006 has $9.82
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 6 : xbambamx has $8.02
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 8 : drurylane has $23.05
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : Seat 9 : modeselect has $3.34
[Jul 31 16:03:20] : xbambamx is the dealer.
[Jul 31 16:03:21] : drurylane posted small blind.
[Jul 31 16:03:21] : modeselect posted big blind.
[Jul 31 16:03:21] : Game [12327] started with 6 players.
[Jul 31 16:03:21] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Jul 31 16:03:21] : Seat 2 : PoKaBoT has 5s Ts
[Jul 31 16:03:25] : davebass folded.
[Jul 31 16:03:26] : PoKaBoT folded.
[Jul 31 16:03:29] : WC2006 called $0.25
[Jul 31 16:03:32] : xbambamx folded.
[Jul 31 16:03:34] : drurylane called $0.13
[Jul 31 16:03:35] : modeselect checked.
[Jul 31 16:03:36] : Dealing flop.
[Jul 31 16:03:36] : Board cards [As Kc 4d]
[Jul 31 16:03:38] : drurylane checked.
[Jul 31 16:03:38] : modeselect checked.
[Jul 31 16:03:42] : WC2006 checked.
[Jul 31 16:03:42] : Dealing turn.
[Jul 31 16:03:42] : Board cards [As Kc 4d 8s]
[Jul 31 16:03:45] : drurylane bet $0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:45] : modeselect folded.
[Jul 31 16:03:52] : WC2006 called $0.50 and raised $0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:53] : drurylane called $0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:53] : Dealing river.
[Jul 31 16:03:53] : Board cards [As Kc 4d 8s Js]
[Jul 31 16:03:56] : drurylane checked.
[Jul 31 16:03:57] : WC2006 bet $0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:58] : drurylane called $0.50
[Jul 31 16:03:58] : Showdown!
[Jul 31 16:04:00] : Seat 4 : WC2006 has 8d Ac
[Jul 31 16:04:00] : WC2006 has Two Pair: Aces and 8s
[Jul 31 16:04:01] : WC2006 wins $3.57 with Two Pair: Aces and 8s
[Jul 31 16:04:10] : Hand is over.


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if i havent been very clear or this file has posted terribly and you would like to help i could always email a file to you to take a look @ ... many thanx
The top part of the file which looks extreemly messy in the post is not all that important its just the hand numbers , the main part is where you can see "Hand Start" .