Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote: > Älphä Blüë wrote: > [...] >> I can't parse the schedules from ncaa.org so I'm having to enter every >> team's schedule by hand into the table initially. > [...] > > Why on earth can't you parse the schedules? It should not be necessary > to enter data like this manually. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org
Ah there's a few reasons Marnen. It's not that I can't - it's that I won't. First, there's naming conventions to consider for each team name. Each website that houses schedules name their teams differently: ESPN names USC -> USC ncaa.org names USC -> Southern California Some sites are more up to date on schedules and some sites are not. In fact, I haven't found a single site yet that houses all of the correct schedule data for each team in division 1, including times (up-to-date) and we're 2 months away from the start of the season. Secondly, my site is very dependent on the team schedules for statistical calculation. And, I mean extremely dependent. If anything is wrong with the schedule data it will great affect my statistical data, especially where factoring strength of schedule and using STD for offsetting those margins. I have built many parsers. I have one parser that parses 37 different statistical categories from ncaa.org and takes approximately 45 seconds to complete from start to finish. It's not that I can't write parsers.. The site I'm creating will house head-to-head virtual matchup scenarios using a system I created called TSRS (True Statistical Rating of Strength) which uses advanced mathematics to calculate variance among all 120 Division I teams in every statistical category. The old site is still up if you want to see: http://ncaastatpages.com .. that one is driven in PHP.. The new site will eventually house a subscription service for virtual matchups so I need everything to be accurate. Therefore, most of the first run dependent data I'm doing by hand and performing multiple checks for consistency and then running tests on that consistency. I need everything to be perfect for the test start of this season.. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
