Anthra Norell wrote: > Eric, > Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find > them challenging even if I don't really have time to > get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more > challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the > challenge of guessing what you mean. > I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which > to operate, the same data the way it should look in > the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points > that might not be obvious to a reader who knows nothing > about your mission. > > Frederic > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Newsgroups: comp.lang.python > To: <python-list@python.org> > Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM > Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file > > > > 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
sorry about that this is a link to a discription of the format http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csound-manual/commandunifile.html It is possible to have more than one instr defined in an .csd file so I would need to look for that string also if I want to seperate the instruments out. http://www.dexrow.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list