On Jan 16, 2008 3:34 AM, Andre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there > > Is there a function like strptime, which takes a string and converts it > into an array depending on a format string I provide. Like: > >>> a = '3456\tblub-blib.0.9' > >>> b = '%d\t%s-%s.%f' > >>> c = mysticalfunction(a,b) > >>> print c > [3456,'blub','blib',0.9]
No, not in the standard distribution of Python. In Python, you're expected to use appropriate string methods, or hold your nose and drag out the re module. There are some scanf-like libraries for Python available on the net, e.g., http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/scanf/. None of them have become popular enough with Python users to make it into the standard distribution. An excellent tool that can be used in these cases is pyparsing, which is also not in the standard distribution. http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/ -- Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
