I have the following kind of strings,
the funny "þ" is ASCII character 254, used as a separator character
ASCII ends at 127. Just refer to it as chr(254).
note 1)
[FSM]
Counts = "1þ11þ16" ==> 1,11,16
Init1 = "1þ\BCtrl" ==> 1,Ctrl
State5 = "8þ\BJUMP_COMPL\b\n>PCWrite = 1\n>PCSource = 10"
==> 8, JUMP_COMPL\n>PCWrite = 1\n>PCSource = 10
After making those substitutions, what are you going to do with it?
Split it up into fields using the csv module or stuff.split(",") or
some other DIY method? Is there a possibility that whoever "designed"
that data format used chr(254) as a separator because the data fields
contained "," sometimes and so "," could not be used as a separator?
Yep, chr(254), because it's not in the human range of characters
and it's accepted by windows ini-files.
Seeing and testing all your answers, with great solutions that I've
never seen before,
As far as str methods and built-ins that work on str objects are
concerned, there is no corpus of secret knowledge known only to a
cabal of wizards; it's all in the manual, and you don't need special
magical spectacles to see it :-)
note 2)
knowing nothing of escape sequences (I'm a windows guy ;-)
Why do you think that whether or not you are a "windows guy" is
relevant to knowing anything about escape sequences?
Just a windows guy,
or maybe better, "being a windows guy for many years",
windows users are wysiwyg users, they are not dealing with individual bits.
I personally left escape sequences and values of ASCII characters behind
me more than 25 years ago.
And now maybe you might understand note 1) and note 2) .
cheers,
Stef
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