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MachinesAreUs/turing_laureates.js

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Script to retrieve Nobel Laureate names from Wikipedia
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turing_laureates.js
// 1. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_Award
// 2. Open a JS console and...
// Number of laureates
$('.wikitable').children('tbody').children('tr:not(:first-child)').size()
// Their names
$('.wikitable').children('tbody').children('tr:not(:first-child)').each(function() {
console.log( $(this).children('td').first().text() );
})
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