f = open('page.html' , 'r')
s = ""
for line in f.readlines():
  line = line.strip()
  if line.find('<table'):
    s += line
  if line.find('</table>'):
    break
print s

import re
tbl_pat = re.compile(r'<table(.*?)>(.*)</table>')
f = open('page.html' , 'r')
for line in f.readlines():
    m = tbl_pat.match(line)
    if m:
        print m.group(2)
        break