Re: Search or compai problem

2006-08-18 Thread timgerr

John Machin wrote:
> Gallagher, Tim (NE) wrote:
> > I am new to python and I want to compare 2 strings, here is my code:
> > [start]
> >
> > import active_directory
> > import re
> >
> > lstUsers = []
>
> Using "lst" or "l" as a variable name is bad news in any language; with
> many fonts they are too easily misread as "1st" or "1" respectively.
>
> > users = active_directory.root()
> > for user in users.search ("sn='gallagher'"):
>
>  Insert here:
> print type(user.samAccountName), repr(user.samAccountName)
>  that may indicate where your problem *starts*
>  Then read the documentation for the active_directory module, in
> particular what it says about the attributes of the objects in the
> sequence returned by users.search.
>
>
> > lstUsers.append(user.samAccountName)
> >
> > print ""
> > lstUsers.sort()
> >
> > ## Printing out what is inside of the arrar(list)
>
> What is "arrar(list)" ??
>
>  Here insert this code:
> print lstUsers
>  Look at the elements in the list; do you see ..., 'None', ... or
> do you see ..., None, ...
>
> > x = 0
> > while x < len(lstUsers):
>
> *Please* consider using a "for" statement:
>
> for item in lstUsers:
> do_something_with(item)
>
> > if re.compile(lstUsers[x]).match("None",0):
>
> 1. Python or not, using regular expressions to test for equality is
> extreme overkill. Use
> if lstUsers[x] == "None":
> 2. Python or not, it is usual to do
> re.compile(constant pattern).match(variable_input)
> not the other way around.
> 3. The second arg to match defaults to 0, so you can leave it out.
>
>
> > print "Somthing here"
> >
> > x = x + 1
> >
> > [/end]
> >
> > When I do the:
> > if re.compile(lstUsers[x]).match("None",0):
> > print "Somthing here"
> >
> > Some of the items in lstUsers[x] are the word None.
> >  I am not sure why I cant do this
> >
> > I want to compare lstUsers[x] to the word "None", how can I do this.
>
> You  *have* compared lstUsers[x] to the word "None" -- with the re
> sledgehammer, but you've done it. Maybe what's in there is *not* the
> string "None" :-)
>
> HTH,
> John

it is really lstusers (it is an L not a # 1),   Some of the output from
print lstUsers has the output of None.  I and trying to filter the None
out of the list.  I come from a perl background and this is how I do
thing in perl

TIm

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Re: Search or compai problem

2006-08-19 Thread timgerr

Gabriel Genellina wrote:
> At Saturday 19/8/2006 01:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >it is really lstusers (it is an L not a # 1),   Some of the output from
> >print lstUsers has the output of None.  I and trying to filter the None
> >out of the list.  I come from a perl background and this is how I do
> >thing in perl
>
> None is a unique object used as "nothing" or "no value".
> Try reading the Python tutorial, it's easy and you will learn a lot of things.
>
>
> Gabriel Genellina
> Softlab SRL
>
>
>
>
>

Thanks, I did not know that.  Then I should look for a null value?

Tim

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