• [OT?] Attempting to extract tabular data from PDF -- approriate forum?

    From Richard Owlett@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 19 18:00:01 2025
    In over a half-century I've never seen a group of hams that did not
    represent a wide variety of interests and expertise.
    Thus I ask here to be "told where to go" ;}! TIA for patience.

    I'm an octogenarian wishing to eat a balanced diet.
    When asking a nutritionist for a "Weekly Shopping List" he offers a
    weekly meal plan designed to be "attractive" to a potential dieter.
    It's last line is "prepare a shopping list" ;{

    I found a USDA document whose goal was to be "... the basis for the
    maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit
    allotments."
    "Thrifty Food Plan,2021"
    [ https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/TFP2021.pdf
    ]

    Table A4.14 on the document's 116th of 125 pages has information meeting
    my immediate personal need. My goal is to document a typical generic
    weekly grocery list for the "standard" 2000 calorie/day diet as a
    spreadsheet and/or database.

    Two questions:
    1. Has this been done? If so, where?
    2. Is there a forum where discussing "How to extract data from a PDF"
    would be "On Topic"?

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