hi all,
I'm trying to understand regex for the first time, and it would be very
helpful to get an example. I have an old(er) script with the following
task - takes a string I copy-pasted and wich always has the same format:
>>> print stuff
Yellow hat 2 Blue shirt 1
White socks 4 Green pants 1
Blue bag 4 Nice perfume 3
Wrist watch 7 Mobile phone 4
Wireless cord! 2 Building tools 3
One for the money 7 Two for the show 4
>>> stuff
'Yellow hat\t2\tBlue shirt\t1\nWhite socks\t4\tGreen pants\t1\nBlue
bag\t4\tNice perfume\t3\nWrist watch\t7\tMobile phone\t4\nWireless
cord!\t2\tBuilding tools\t3\nOne for the money\t7\tTwo for the show\t4'
I want to put items from stuff into a dict like this:
>>> print mydict
{'Wireless cord!': 2, 'Green pants': 1, 'Blue shirt': 1, 'White socks':
4, 'Mobile phone': 4, 'Two for the show': 4, 'One for the money': 7,
'Blue bag': 4, 'Wrist watch': 7, 'Nice perfume': 3, 'Yellow hat': 2,
'Building tools': 3}
Here's how I did it:
>>> def putindict(items):
... items = items.replace('\n', '\t')
... items = items.split('\t')
... d = {}
... for x in xrange( len(items) ):
... if not items[x].isdigit(): d[items[x]] = int(items[x+1])
... return d
>>>
>>> mydict = putindict(stuff)
I was wondering is there a better way to do it using re module?
perheps even avoiding this for loop?
thanks!
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