On Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:32:03 AM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > - are you mistaken about the content of the file? > > I can't help you with the first. But the second: try running this: > > # line2 and pat as defined above > filename = sys.argv[1] > with open(filename) as f: > for line in f: > print(len(line), line==line2, repr(line)) > print(repr(pat.match(line))) > > which will show you what you have and whether or not it matches > what you think it has. I expect that the file contents is not what > you think it is, because the regex is matching the sample line. > > Good luck! > > -- > > Steven
It should match this: (134, False, '\' "SHELF-17:LOG_COLN_IP,SC,03-25,01-18-58,NEND,NA,,,:\\\\"Log Collection In Progress\\\\",NONE:1700000035-6364-1048,:YEAR=2014,MODE=NONE"\\r\\n\'') Is the \r\n on the end of the line screwing it up? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
