Description

Overview:

In this two-part lesson, we will build on what you’ve learned about Working with Webpages, learning how to remove the HTML markup from the webpage of Benjamin Bowsey’s 1780 criminal trial transcript. We will achieve this by using a variety of string operators, string methods and close reading skills. We introduce looping and branching so that programs can repeat tasks and test for certain conditions, making it possible to separate the content from the HTML tags. Finally, we convert content from a long string to a list of words that can later be sorted, indexed, and counted.

Subject:

Computer Science

Level:

College / Upper Division, Graduate / Professional, Adult Education

Material Type:

Diagram/Illustration

Author:

William J. Turkel and Adam Crymble

Provider:

Center for History and New Media

Date Added:

06/16/2015