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import time #library1 dunno why he called this library, for accuracy of the ratio perhaps?
import urllib2 #library2 of course I need this, but what does it actually do??

from urllib2 import urlopen #will look up actual effect
sp500short = ['a', 'aa', 'aapl', 'abbv', 'abc', 'abt', 'ace', 'aci', 'acn', 'act', 'adbe', 'adi', 'adm', 'adp'] #sample stock names
def yahooKeyStats(stock): #function for yahoo finance info grabber
        try: #will look search for this in pydocs and see other examples for clarity
                sourceCode = urllib2.urlopen('http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s='+stock).read() #analyze/review
                pbr = sourceCode.split('Price/Book (mrq):</td><td class="yfnc_tabledata1">')[1].split('</td>')[0] #You kinda get this, hone this one
                print 'price to book ratio:',pbr #output of Price to Book ratio

        except Exception, e: #except and Exception?? I have no idea! Will research!
                print 'failed in the main loop',str(e) #wtf is e? where did that come from??


yahooKeyStats('aapl')
price to book ratio: 6.00