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Ask HN: Parsing arbitrarily structured data by example

4 pointsby 0x62about 9 years ago
I remember seeing a demo here last year of a system which allowed you to enter arbitrarily structured data (be it JSON, CSV or some custom format), and by selecting a few examples of the data, the demo was then able to parse the entire dataset.<p>For example, if you provided data in this format which I&#x27;ve just made up:<p>&quot;Pig&quot;;&quot;Dog&quot;;&quot;Mouse&quot;;&quot;Cat&quot;<p>By selecting Pig, it was able to determine the formatting, and returns Dog, Mouse and Cat as well.<p>However, I&#x27;ve been unable to find this demo, or any example of something similar. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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rm999about 9 years ago
Could it be this?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9432949" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=9432949</a>