# population.py, by chaynes@indiana.edu

import http

population_url = 'http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html'

def main():
    text = http.get(population_url)
    start_text = 'id="wclocknum">'
    start = text.index(start_text) + len(start_text)
    stop = text.index('<', start)
    print text[start : stop]

main()