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title: "Discussion on \"Rebuilding table columns from word coordinates in bank statement PDFs\" | Hashnode"
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Most bank statement PDFs don't contain a "table" in any structural sense. They contain words placed at x/y positions that look like a table to a human. If the statement draws cell borders, a line-base

Oct 19 · 4 min read · statementxl.hashnode.dev  
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