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Calculates the average price for a craigslist search
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craiglist-average.js
(function() {
var total = 0;
var count = 0;
jQuery("p > a").each(function(i) {
var $this = jQuery(this);
var bits = $this.html().split(/ /);
var price = new Number(bits[0].substring(1));
if(!isNaN(price)) {
total += price;
count++;
}
});
alert("Average: " + (total/count));
})();
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bjinwright commented Feb 26, 2015

This script does this for a single page.

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brendonharrison commented Sep 23, 2015

Check out www.cldata.io for Craigslist pricing data.

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