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#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'
symbol = ARGV[0]
open("http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NasdaqRSS.aspx?data=quotes&symbol=#{symbol}") do |f|
doc = Hpricot(f)
desc = (doc/"//rss/channel/item/description").first.inner_html
last = desc.match(/<TD nowrap width="50%">&nbsp;Last\s*<\/TD>\s*<TD nowrap align=right width="50%">(\d+\.\d\d)\s*<\/TD>/)[1].to_f
change_dir, change = desc.match(/<TD nowrap width="50%">&nbsp;Change\s*<\/TD>\s*<TD nowrap align=right width="50%"><font.*?>([-\+])<img src=.*?\s*>(\d+\.\d\d)<\/font>/)[1,2]
puts "#{last} (#{change_dir}#{change})"
end
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