On 11 Juni, 10:25, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 6:20 am, cirfu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > pat = re.compile("(\w* *)*")
> > this matches all sentences.
> > if fed the string "are you crazy? i am" it will return "are you
> > crazy".
>
> > i want to find a in a big string a sentence containing Zlatan
> > Ibrahimovic and some other text.
> > ie return the first sentence containing the name Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
>
> > patzln = re.compile("(\w* *)* zlatan ibrahimovic (\w* *)*")
> > should do this according to regexcoach but it seems to send my
> > computer into 100%CPU-power and not closable.
>
> Maybe something like this would be of use...
>
> def sentence_locator(s, sub):
> cnt = s.upper().count(sub.upper())
> if not cnt:
> return None
> tmp = []
> idx = -1
> while cnt:
> idx = s.upper().find(sub.upper(), (idx+1))
> a = -1
> while True:
> b = s.find('.', (a+1), idx)
> if b == -1:
> b = s.find('.', idx)
> if b == -1:
> tmp.append(s[a+1:])
> break
> tmp.append(s[a+1:b+1])
> break
> a = b
> cnt -= 1
> return tmp
yes, seems very unpythonic though :)
must be a simpler way that isnt slow as hell.
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