On Tuesday 30 Oct 2007 12:06:57 pm william paul wrote: > Hi: > > I am new to this list and new to Python. I have a text file that looks > like: <values> 4 50 > <values> 3 900 > <values] 7 400 > ... > <values} 9 70 > > I want to be able to remove from each line everything up to ">" or "]" > sign. For example: 4 50 > 3 900 > 7 400 > > ... > 9 70 > > How can I do this? > > Thank you > > William > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com
You can use regular expressions module like this. >>> import re >>> match_upto_brackets = re.compile(r'.*[>\]}](.*)') >>> match_upto_brackets.sub(r'\1', '<values> 4 50').strip() '4 50' >>> match_upto_brackets.sub(r'\1', '<values] 7 400').strip() '7 400' >>> match_upto_brackets.sub(r'\1', '<values} 9 70').strip() '9 70' >>> Pradeep -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
