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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by curiousgal on Saturday February 25, 2017 @04:15AM (#13730763)
Although I haven't tested this yet, these utilities tend to fail when fed a table with empty cells.
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by gpvos on Saturday February 25, 2017 @06:10AM (#13731049)
The first example image in the linked article shows a conversion from a table with some empty cells. It looks fine.
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by curiousgal on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:27AM (#13731706)
Those are at the end. I meant empty cells in the middle. The ones I tried don't account for them.
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by jlink on Saturday February 25, 2017 @10:07AM (#13731842)
It works also with empty cells in the middle.
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