[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for python code useful to process > tables that are in ASCII text. The code must > determine where are the columns (fields). > Concerned tables for my application are various, > but their columns are not very complicated > to locate for a human, because even > when ignoring the semantic of words, > our eyes see vertical alignments > > Here is a sample table (must be viewed > with fixed-width font to see alignments): > ================================= > > 44544 ipod apple black 102 > GFGFHHF-12 unknown thing bizar brick mortar tbc > 45fjk do not know + is less biac > disk seagate 250GB 130 > 5G_gff tbd tbd > gjgh88hgg media record a and b 12 > hjj foo bar hop zip > hg uy oi hj uuu ii a qqq ccc v ZZZ Ughj > qdsd zert nope nope > > ================================= > > I want the python code that builds a representation > of this table (for exemple a list of lists, where each list > represents a table line, each element of the list > being a field value). > > Any hints? > thanks >
I have to catch a bus, but, quickly the algorithm is to code non-space as one and space as zero, then 'or' operate down the columns. Zeros will indicate high probability of between-column. Code tomorrow if no one else posts. Must run... -- James Stroud UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics Box 951570 Los Angeles, CA 90095 http://www.jamesstroud.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
