This is my first created topic here, so apologies if it is not well formulated!
I am wondering if there is a tool to simply extract data tables from Wikipedia articles (or other wiki projects) to other formats such as CSV.
Thanks!
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By "data tables" do you mean normal tables?
Maybe try Wiki Table to CSV online converter.
Thanks @AhmadF.Cheema for your comment!
Yeah, this is exactly the tool I use now but I was wondering if there is some tool integrated in the wiki or if there is a plan to integrate it.
A right click on a wiki table giving export options would be a great integration.
Cheers!
I guess you can install some jQuery plugin for that, like https://www.jqueryscript.net/table/jQuery-Plugin-To-Export-Table-Data-To-CSV-File-table2csv.html
Hello. I've tried using the wikitable2csv.ggor.de software but I found a problem. The wikitable uses commas in its cells "for example, one cell is "sculptor, scientist") and the software adds commas as the separators between cells. So this means I can't open the CSV file on R or Excel properly, because there are more columns than column names. Is there any way to change the cell separator in the wikitalbe2csv software? Thanks!