On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:50:22 -0700, paul618 wrote: > #!/usr/bin/env python > # grep_for_QA.py I am only looking to isolate uniq Q:: and A:: stmts > from my daily files # > # note: This algorithm will fail if there are any blank lines within > the Q and A area of interest (a paragraph) > > # D. Beazley is my fav documentation
If you are going to ask a question, please ask a question. Don't just dump a whole pile of code in our laps and expect us to work out what your question is. It may help if you read this page: http://sscce.org/ Some further comments below: > import re, glob > import pprint as pp > > sampledata = ''' > A:: And Straight Street is playin on the Radio Free Tibet. What are the > chances, DTMB? Q:: About 1 in 518400, Professor. > A:: Correct! Err, I thought it was 1:410400, but <i>close enough for > jazz!</i> > > > ''' > > pattern0 = re.compile("Q::") There is no point in using a regular expression for something as trivial as that. That is like swinging a 20 kg sledge-hammer to crack a peanut. Just use a string method: if my_string.startswith("Q::"): ... [...] > # Later, I also need to treat Unicode -- and I am clueless. If you have a question about Unicode, you should ask it. If you have not already read this page, you should read it now: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/articles/Unicode.html > except Exception as e: > print("--- " + e + " ---") Please don't throw away useful debugging information. You should learn to read exception tracebacks, not hide them. They contain a lot of very useful information to help you debug your code. > except UnicodeDecodeError: > #encoded_line = encoded_line.urlsafe_b64encode(re.replace("asdf", > encoded_line)) #line = re.sub(".+", "--- asdf ---", line) pass This will never be caught because any UnicodeDecodeError will already be caught by the "except Exception" line above. > L.sort > print (L) > > # and what"s wrong with some of this, here! #myHash = set(L) # > uniqify > #pp.pprint(myHash) # july 23, 131001 hike! I don't know what's wrong with it. What do you expect it to do, and what does it actually do instead? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
