Check David Mertz' book and web site <http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/>
to start. There is more in some of the list here <http://gnosis.cx/publish/tech_index_cp.html>. /Jean Brouwers anthony hornby wrote: > Hi, > I am starting my honours degree project and part of it is going to be > manipulating ASCII encoded XML files from a legacy database and > converting them to Unicode and doing text processing stuff on the data. > > I am new to python ( total n00b ) but am keen to use it as the rest of > the software my application has to extend is already written in python, > plus I've always wanted to learn more about it - so here's my chance :-) > > I've written stuff in Java and Perl so I expect I'll pick up the basics > without too much trouble. > > Can anyone point out some good "Python & Unicode" and "Python & Text > processing" resources on the net to get me started? Any good book > recommend ations? > > Thanks a lot for your help. > - > Mr Anthony Hornby RHCE BIT ALIATEC > Library Systems & Technology Coordinator > Charles Darwin University | CRICOS 300K > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | office +61 8 89 466011 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list