title: How can I get data from a specific cell in an HTML table in python?
body: <p><a href="http://www.blackbeltsystem.com/BBS_student_grads.php#anchor" rel="nofollow">This link contains the table I'm trying to parse.</a>
  I'm trying to use <code>BeautifulSoup</code> in Python. I'm very new to <code>BeautifulSoup</code> and HTML. This is my attempt to solve my problem.</p>
  
  <pre><code>soup = BeautifulSoup(open('BBS_student_grads.php'))
  
  data = []
  table = soup.find('table')
  rows = table.find_all('tr') #array of rows in table 
  
  for x,row in enumerate(rows[1:]):# skips first row 
      cols = row.find_all('td')    # finds all cols in rows
      for y,col in enumerate(cols): # iterates through col
          data.append([])
          data[x].append(col)       # puts table into a 2d array called data
  
  print(data[0][0])                 #prints top left corner
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="http://i.stack.imgur.com/Yc2Ue.png" rel="nofollow">Sample Output</a></p>
  
  <p>I'm trying to extract all the names in the table, then update the names in the list and then update the table. I'm also using a local copy of this HTML. Temporary fix till I learn how to do more web programming.</p>
  
  <p>help is much appreciated </p>