Sounds like you need to use html parser, check it out in the documentation....
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > def simplecsdtoorc(filename): > file = open(filename,"r") > alllines = file.read_until("</CsInstruments>") > pattern1 = re.compile("</") > orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc" > for line in alllines: > if not pattern1 > print >>orcfilename, line > > I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able > to skip html like commands from <defined> to <undefined> and to key on > another word in adition to </CsInstruments> to end the routine > > I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it > for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add > it as a menu item and not worry about it. > > thanks for any help in advance > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
