有的论文没有提供可下载的数据,只在正文中列出。由此产生从pdf的表格中提取数据的需求。
从网上找到几种方法,搬运过来,供自己日后查看。
tabula读取pdf后可转为pandas dataframe进行后续处理,也可直接输出csv文件。来自https://github.com/chezou/tabula-py
例子
###Java 8+
###Python 3.6+
###required
###pip install tabula-py
import tabula
# Read pdf into list of DataFrame
df = tabula.read_pdf("test.pdf", pages='all')
# Read remote pdf into list of DataFrame
df2 = tabula.read_pdf("https://github.com/tabulapdf/tabula-java/raw/master/src/test/resources/technology/tabula/arabic.pdf")
# convert PDF into CSV file
tabula.convert_into("test.pdf", "output.csv", output_format="csv", pages='all')
# convert all PDFs in a directory
tabula.convert_into_by_batch("input_directory", output_format='csv', pages='all')
表中有中文需修改代码
pd.read_csv("example.csv", encoding="GB18030")