On Sunday, 12 April 2015 19:28:44 UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > On 2015-04-12 23:49, Pippo wrote: > > I have a text as follows: > > > > "#D{#C[Health] #P[Information] - > > means any information, including #ST[genetic information], > > whether #C[oral | (recorded in (any form | medium))], that > > (1)#C[Is created or received by] a > > #A[health care provider | health plan | public health authority | employer > > | life insurer | school | university | or health care clearinghouse]; > > (2)#C[Relates to] #C[the past, present, or future physical | mental health > > | condition of an individual] | > > #C[the provision of health care to an individual] | > > #C[the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to > > an individual].}" > > > > I want to get all elements that start with #C and are [] and put it in an > > array. For example #C[Health], I try with regex but it doesn't work: > > > "... it doesn't work"? In what way doesn't it work? > > > import re > > import tkinter.filedialog > > import readfile > > > > > > > > j = 0 > > > > text = [ ] > > > > > > content = readfile.pattread() > > > > while j < len(content): > > > There's a syntax error here: > > > constraint = re.compile(r'(#C\[\w*\]')) > > result = constraint.search(content[j],re.MULTILINE) > > text.append(result) > > print(text) > > j = j+1 > >
result is empty! Although it should have a content. What is the syntax error? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list