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Some code for converting an HTML description list into an R data.frame that can then be exported as a CSV.
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dl2csv.R
library(rvest)
x <- "<dl>
<dt>Coffee</dt>
<dd>Black hot drink</dd>
<dt>Milk</dt>
<dd>White cold drink</dd>
</dl>"
y <- read_html(x)
df <- data.frame(
dt = html_text(html_nodes(y, "dt")),
dd = html_text(html_nodes(y, "dd")),
stringsAsFactors = FALSE
)
df
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