On Mar 8, 12:46 pm, "Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 8, 11:52 am, "Rune Strand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On Mar 8, 5:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I am using a script with a single file containing all data in multiple > > > sections. Each section begins with "#VS:CMD:command:START" and ends > > > with "#VS:CMD:command:STOP". There is a blank line in between each > > > section. I'm looking for the best way to grab one section at a time. > > > Will I have to read the entire file to a string and parse it further > > > or is it possible to grab the section directly when doing a read? I'm > > > guessing regex is the best possible way. Any help is greatly > > > appreciated. > > > Seems like something along these line will do: > > > _file_ = "filepart.txt" > > > begin_tag = '#VS:CMD:command:START' > > end_tag = '#VS:CMD:command:STOP' > > > sections = [] > > new_section = [] > > for line in open(_file_): > > line = line.strip() > > if begin_tag in line: > > new_section = [] > > elif end_tag in line: > > sections.append(new_section) > > else: > > if line: new_section.append(line) > > > for s in sections: print s > > > If your want more control, perhaps flagging "inside_section", > > "outside_section" is an idea. > > You probably don't want to use regex for something this simple; it's > likely to make things even more complicated. Is there a space between > the begin_tag and the first word of a section (same question with the > end_tag)?
Sent the post too soon. What is the endline character for the file type? What type of file is it? An example section would be nice too. Cheers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
