hi there
i'm experimanting with imaplib and came across stringts like (\HasNoChildren) "." "INBOX.Sent Items" in which the quotes are part of the string.
now i try to convert this into a list. assume the string is in the variable f, then i tried
f.split()
but i end up with
['(\\HasNoChildren)', '"."', '"INBOX.Sent', 'Items"']
so due to the sapce in "Sent Items" its is sepearted in two entries, what i don't want.
is there another way to convert a string with quoted sub entries into a list of strings?
In Twisteds protocols/imap4.py module there is a function called parseNestedParens() that can be ripped out of the module.
I have used it for another project and put it into this attachment.
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""" This code was stolen from Twisteds protocols/imap4.py module """
import types, string
class IMAP4Exception(Exception):
def __init__(self, *args):
Exception.__init__(self, *args)
class MismatchedNesting(IMAP4Exception):
pass
class MismatchedQuoting(IMAP4Exception):
pass
def wildcardToRegexp(wildcard, delim=None):
wildcard = wildcard.replace('*', '(?:.*?)')
if delim is None:
wildcard = wildcard.replace('%', '(?:.*?)')
else:
wildcard = wildcard.replace('%', '(?:(?:[^%s])*?)' % re.escape(delim))
return re.compile(wildcard, re.I)
def splitQuoted(s):
"""Split a string into whitespace delimited tokens
Tokens that would otherwise be separated but are surrounded by \"
remain as a single token. Any token that is not quoted and is
equal to \"NIL\" is tokenized as C{None}.
@type s: C{str}
@param s: The string to be split
@rtype: C{list} of C{str}
@return: A list of the resulting tokens
@raise MismatchedQuoting: Raised if an odd number of quotes are present
"""
s = s.strip()
result = []
inQuote = inWord = start = 0
for (i, c) in zip(range(len(s)), s):
if c == '"' and not inQuote:
inQuote = 1
start = i + 1
elif c == '"' and inQuote:
inQuote = 0
result.append(s[start:i])
start = i + 1
elif not inWord and not inQuote and c not in ('"' + string.whitespace):
inWord = 1
start = i
elif inWord and not inQuote and c in string.whitespace:
if s[start:i] == 'NIL':
result.append(None)
else:
result.append(s[start:i])
start = i
inWord = 0
if inQuote:
raise MismatchedQuoting(s)
if inWord:
if s[start:] == 'NIL':
result.append(None)
else:
result.append(s[start:])
return result
def splitOn(sequence, predicate, transformers):
result = []
mode = predicate(sequence[0])
tmp = [sequence[0]]
for e in sequence[1:]:
p = predicate(e)
if p != mode:
result.extend(transformers[mode](tmp))
tmp = [e]
mode = p
else:
tmp.append(e)
result.extend(transformers[mode](tmp))
return result
def collapseStrings(results):
"""
Turns a list of length-one strings and lists into a list of longer
strings and lists. For example,
['a', 'b', ['c', 'd']] is returned as ['ab', ['cd']]
@type results: C{list} of C{str} and C{list}
@param results: The list to be collapsed
@rtype: C{list} of C{str} and C{list}
@return: A new list which is the collapsed form of C{results}
"""
copy = []
begun = None
listsList = [isinstance(s, types.ListType) for s in results]
pred = lambda e: isinstance(e, types.TupleType)
tran = {
0: lambda e: splitQuoted(''.join(e)),
1: lambda e: [''.join([i[0] for i in e])]
}
for (i, c, isList) in zip(range(len(results)), results, listsList):
if isList:
if begun is not None:
copy.extend(splitOn(results[begun:i], pred, tran))
begun = None
copy.append(collapseStrings(c))
elif begun is None:
begun = i
if begun is not None:
copy.extend(splitOn(results[begun:], pred, tran))
return copy
def parseNestedParens(s, handleLiteral = 1):
"""Parse an s-exp-like string into a more useful data structure.
@type s: C{str}
@param s: The s-exp-like string to parse
@rtype: C{list} of C{str} and C{list}
@return: A list containing the tokens present in the input.
@raise MismatchedNesting: Raised if the number or placement
of opening or closing parenthesis is invalid.
"""
s = s.strip()
inQuote = 0
contentStack = [[]]
try:
i = 0
L = len(s)
while i < L:
c = s[i]
if inQuote:
if c == '\\':
contentStack[-1].append(s[i+1])
i += 2
continue
elif c == '"':
inQuote = not inQuote
contentStack[-1].append(c)
i += 1
else:
if c == '"':
contentStack[-1].append(c)
inQuote = not inQuote
i += 1
elif handleLiteral and c == '{':
end = s.find('}', i)
if end == -1:
raise ValueError, "Malformed literal"
literalSize = int(s[i+1:end])
contentStack[-1].append((s[end+3:end+3+literalSize],))
i = end + 3 + literalSize
elif c == '(' or c == '[':
contentStack.append([])
i += 1
elif c == ')' or c == ']':
contentStack[-2].append(contentStack.pop())
i += 1
else:
contentStack[-1].append(c)
i += 1
except IndexError:
raise MismatchedNesting(s)
if len(contentStack) != 1:
raise MismatchedNesting(s)
return collapseStrings(contentStack[0])
if __name__=='__main__':
r = '(\Noinferiors \Unmarked) "/" "INBOX"(\Unmarked) "/"
"test"(\Noinferiors \Unmarked) "/" "Sent Items"(\Noinferiors \Unmarked) "/"
"Calendar"(\Noinferiors \Unmarked) "/" "Checklist"(\Unmarked) "/"
"Cabinet"(\Noinferiors \Marked) "/" "Trash"(\Unmarked) "/"
"INBOX.Sent"(\Unmarked) "/" "Sent"'
parsedParens = parseNestedParens(r)
print parsedParens
for i in range(0, len(parsedParens), 3):
(flags, seperator, folderName) = parsedParens[i:i+3]
print flags
print seperator
print folderName
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