I am experimnenting with this (reproducer) code: pattern_eur = ['Total amount'] mylines = [] # Declare an empty list. with open ('tmp0.txt', 'rt') as myfile: # Open tmp.txt for reading text. for myline in myfile: # For each line in the file, mylines.append(myline.rstrip('\n')) # strip newline and add to list. for element in mylines: # For each element in the list, match_C = re.search(pattern_eur, element) if match_C: element = element + 2 print(element) -------------- the input file being: $ cat tmp0.txt line 0 line 1 Total amount
50000.00 linex line z line c Total amount 43598 linekkkk line m Total amount 32000 line end -1 line end 0 line end 1 line end 2 ------ My intent is to locate the line containing "Total amount", skip the next line, then print the eur value. The program terminates as follows: Traceback (most recent call last): File "search_then_advance.py", line 8, in <module> match_C = re.search(pattern_eur, element) File "c:\Users\joepareti\Miniconda3\pkgs\python-3.7.1-h8c8aaf0_6\lib\re.py", line 183, in search return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string) File "c:\Users\joepareti\Miniconda3\pkgs\python-3.7.1-h8c8aaf0_6\lib\re.py", line 276, in _compile return _cache[type(pattern), pattern, flags] TypeError: unhashable type: 'list' Thanks for any insigths -- -- Regards, Joseph Pareti - Artificial Intelligence consultant Joseph Pareti's AI Consulting Services https://www.joepareti54-ai.com/ cell +49 1520 1600 209 cell +39 339 797 0644 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list