On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Robert Fendt <robert.fe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have to parse a file containing (slightly erroneous) vCal data. The > format of vCal/iCal is that of a structured ASCII file, not unlike XML > in a way. A vCal block contains information on a line-by-line basis, > with the possibility of sub-blocks (for events). > > BEGIN:VCALENDAR > VERSION:1.0 > BEGIN:VEVENT > ... > END:VEVENT > BEGIN:VEVENT > ... > END:VEVENT > END:VCALENDAR > BEGIN:VCALENDAR > VERSION:1.0 > ... > END:VCALENDAR > > Were this C++, I would use an iterator approach, with classes for the > calendar and event blocks respectively, and pass an iterator pointing > to the current position in the file for deserialisation, getting a > new iterator back that points to the position behind the block. That > way I decide what to do next based on the current line's contents, > i.e., implement a state machine of some sorts. > > While this approach is certainly possible in Python as well, I have > the nagging feeling that there should be a much cleaner, simpler > (i.e., "Pythonic") way to deal with such a problem. Ideally, the end > result would look something like this, however I am a bit at a loss > right now as to how best to achieve it. Any suggestions? >
Using code someone else has already written would qualify as pythonic, IMO. http://pypi.python.org/pypi/vobject -- regards, kushal -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
