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The user first constructs a wrapper by creating several anchors by means of an example page. The resulting wrapper is saved into a file to be used later for extracting data from other pages of the same website or similar websites.

I am not sure resulting is a proper word for such outcomes! Maybe "created", "generated" or a better general word?

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  • Why you do not say the wrapper and semicolon. However, I think the first line can be refined
    – Cardinal
    Aug 23, 2015 at 20:09
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    Resulting appears to be superfluous. I think what you mean is something like The user constructs a wrapper by identifying anchors which delimit extractable data on a representative page; this wrapper may then be saved as a file and reused to extract data from similarly structured pages on the same website or similar websites.
    – StoneyB on hiatus
    Aug 23, 2015 at 20:20
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    (+1) Also, ; this wrapper is really good
    – Cardinal
    Aug 23, 2015 at 20:28
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    Or, you could omit "wrapper" from the first clause, making your sentence "The user first creates several anchors by means of a page template. The resulting wrapper is saved ...:" BTW, I am not sure "an example page" is worse than "a page template", but I thought I'd offer it as an alternative.
    – Victor Bazarov
    Aug 23, 2015 at 21:50
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    You can't pay any of us; we do this obsessively, out of love for the correct usage of the language!
    – Brian Hitchcock
    Aug 24, 2015 at 5:41

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You can either find a better suited adjective, or consider changing the noun:

  • The result
  • The final product
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