On 22.01.2011 00:33, Ed Connell wrote:
Hi,
Consider the following please: (re_section, re_name, etc are
previously compiled patterns)
result1 = re_section.search(line);
result2 = re_name.search(line);
result3 = re_data1.search(line);
result4 = re_data2.search(line);
if result1:
last_section = result1.group()[18:-5]
elif result2:
last_name = result2.group(0)[6:-1]
elif result3:
data[last_section] = {last_name:
result3.group()[13:-5]}
elif result4:
data[last_section] = {last_name:
result4.group()[17:-5]}
It gets my goat to have to obtain all resultx when I just want the
first that is not None. (In theory, the number of results can be
much longer.) I can think of alternatives (raising exceptions), but
they all use deep indenting.
Ideas?
Ed
Maybe something like this (totally untested and probably wrong, I'm
already quite tired):
for pattern in (re_section, re_name, re_data1, re_data2):
result = pattern.search(line):
if result:
if pattern == re_section:
last_section = result1.group()[18:-5]
elif pattern == re_name:
last_name = result2.group(0)[6:-1]
elif pattern == re_data1:
data[last_section] = {last_name: result3.group()[13:-5]}
elif pattern == re_data2:
data[last_section] = {last_name: result4.group()[17:-5]}
Also, if you have long if/elif ladders, look if you can apply the
dictionary dispatch pattern.
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