Select only certain text/links

Haily R

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Mar 1, 2021, 10:03:49 PM3/1/21

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When you select two pieces of text that are similar, ParseHub automatically selects all the similar text. is there a way to disable this? I'm scraping this page: https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Characters and I only want to select the 'Arrancar' and 'Hollow' links

Andrew11

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Mar 1, 2021, 10:13:36 PM3/1/21

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Hi again, glad to see you're still at it with the anime scrapes! You can use a CSS selector with two terms separated by a comma, like th a[href*="Hollow"], th a[href*="Arrancar"] or the simple answer is to make two separate Selects, that way you can use the ParseHub auto select mode… I tried to find information on "deselecting" items in ParseHub and came up blank, not for the first time.

Haily R

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Mar 1, 2021, 10:18:37 PM3/1/21

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The CSS selectors work great! Thank you!

Andrew11

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Mar 2, 2021, 6:42:55 PM3/2/21

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No problem. If you're into CSS I came across this other way on the web today, which might be more useful in some situations: th:lt(5):gt(2) a

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