Lance Hoffmeyer a écrit : > why isn't re.search recognizing "file"? I can print the contents of "file". > > > import win32com.client > import re > > D=MSWord.Documents.Open('C:/test/Test.doc') > file=D.Content > print file > > match = re.search('(Table ?)', file) > if match: > print "Table Number is: ", match.group(1) > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "test.py", line 21, in ? > match = re.search('(Table ?)', file) > File "C:\Python24\Lib\sre.py", line 134, in search > return _compile(pattern, flags).search(string) > TypeError: expected string or buffer
The fact that you can print 'file' doesn't mean it's a string. You may want to try this: (...) # let's see what it really is: print type(D.Content), repr(D.Content) # and try to make it usable for re: file = str(D.Content) (...) NB : not tested, I don't have Word on my Linix box !-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list