py schrieb:
> I have some data (in a string) such as....
>
> person number 1
>
> Name: bob
> Age: 50
>
>
> person number 2
>
> Name: jim
> Age: 39
>
> ...all that is stored in a string. I need to pull out the names of the
> different people and put them in a list or something. Any
> suggestions...besides doing data.index("name")...over and over?
>
> thanks!
>
Use the re module:
import re
your_data = """person number 1
Name: bob
Age: 50
person number 2
Name: jim
Age: 39"""
names = []
for match in re.finditer("Name:(.*)", your_data):
names.append(match.group(1))
print names
Bye,
Dennis
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