On Jan 9, 12:57 pm, "Jerry Hill" wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Benjamin Kaplan
>
> > This looks like a CSV file to me. If that is the case, it is easier to use
> > the built-in csv module than to try to write your own parser.
>
> It should be as easy as this:
>
> import csv
>
> testfile
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Benjamin Kaplan
> This looks like a CSV file to me. If that is the case, it is easier to use
> the built-in csv module than to try to write your own parser.
It should be as easy as this:
import csv
testfile = open('testfile.csv', 'w')
testdata = """100-01001-001,"
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:39:22 -0800, Leland wrote:
> It seems work this way, but is there more elegant way to do this?
Yes, the `csv` module in the standard library.
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On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Leland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have some formatted strings that I'd like to split and get the
> meaningful data, here is the example of the string format. The big
> difference of these two line are the second double quote set at the
> second line
> 100-01001-001,"Diode,
Peter Otten schrieb:
Kurt Mueller wrote:
How to (super)split a string (literal) containing " and/or ' and/or
\.
example:
' a " b b " c\ c '.supersplit(' ')
->
['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
import shlex
shlex.split(' a " b b " c\ c ')
['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
Thanks Peter
Thanks Paul
Kurt Mueller wrote:
> How to (super)split a string (literal) containing " and/or ' and/or
> \.
>
> example:
>
> ' a " b b " c\ c '.supersplit(' ')
> ->
> ['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
>
>
> Thanks and Grüessli
>>> import shlex
>>> shlex.split(' a " b b " c\ c ')
['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
On Jun 24, 3:56 am, Kurt Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How to (super)split a string (literal) containing " and/or ' and/or \.
>
> example:
>
> ' a " b b " c\ c '.supersplit(' ')
> ->
> ['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
>
> Thanks and Grüessli
> --
> Kurt Müller:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or did you m
On Jun 24, 3:56 am, Kurt Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How to (super)split a string (literal) containing " and/or ' and/or \.
>
> example:
>
> ' a " b b " c\ c '.supersplit(' ')
> ->
> ['a', ' b b ', 'c c']
>
> Thanks and Grüessli
> --
> Kurt Müller:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> re.split
Sorry for breaking threading by replying to a reply, but I don't seem to
have the original post.
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 15:29 -0500, Michael Wieher wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have these annoying textilfes that are delimited by the ASCII char
> for << (only its a single character) and >> (again a sin
> import re
> splitter_re = re.compile(chr(174) + '|' + chr(175))
> for line in file(FILENAME):
> parts = splitter_re.split(line)
> do_something(parts)
>
> and then go find a large blunt object with which to bludgeon the
> creator of the file... :)
p>> creator= CreatorOfTheFile(
> I have these annoying textilfes that are delimited by the ASCII char for <<
> (only its a single character) and >> (again a single character)
>
> Their codes are 174 and 175, respectively.
>
> My datafiles are in the moronic form
>
> X<>Z
>
> I need to split on those freaking characters. Any
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 15:29 -0500, Michael Wieher wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have these annoying textilfes that are delimited by the ASCII char
> for << (only its a single character) and >> (again a single character)
>
> Their codes are 174 and 175, respectively.
>
> My datafiles are in the moronic
Steve Holden wrote:
> robert wrote:
> [...]
>> but its also wrong regarding partial last lines.
>>
>> re.split obviously doesn't understand \A \Z ^ $ and also \b etc. empty
>> matches.
>>
> [...]
> Or perhaps you don't understand re?
>
> It's a tricky thing to start playing with. Look up re.MULTI
robert wrote:
[...]
> but its also wrong regarding partial last lines.
>
> re.split obviously doesn't understand \A \Z ^ $ and also \b etc.
> empty matches.
>
[...]
Or perhaps you don't understand re?
It's a tricky thing to start playing with. Look up re.MULTILINE ans
re.DOTALL.
regards
Ste
Jeffrey Froman wrote:
> robert wrote:
>
>> thanks. Yet this does not work "naturally" consistent in my line
>> processing algorithm - the further buffering. Compare e.g.
>> ss.split('\n') ..
>>
> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'.split('\n')
>> ['owi', 'weoifj', 'fheu', '']
> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\nxx'.
Tim Chase wrote:
this didn't work elegantly as expected:
>>> ss
'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'
>>> re.split(r'(?m)$',ss)
['owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n']
>>> Do you have a need to use a regexp?
>> I'd like the general case - split without consumption.
>
> I'm not sure there's a one-p
robert wrote:
> thanks. Yet this does not work "naturally" consistent in my line
> processing algorithm - the further buffering. Compare e.g.
> ss.split('\n') ..
>
> >>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'.split('\n')
> ['owi', 'weoifj', 'fheu', '']
> >>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\nxx'.split('\n')
> ['owi', 'weoifj'
>>> this didn't work elegantly as expected:
>>>
>>> >>> ss
>>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'
>>> >>> re.split(r'(?m)$',ss)
>>> ['owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n']
>> Do you have a need to use a regexp?
>
> I'd like the general case - split without consumption.
I'm not sure there's a one-pass regex solution to the
Tim Chase wrote:
>> this didn't work elegantly as expected:
>>
>> >>> ss
>> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'
>> >>> re.split(r'(?m)$',ss)
>> ['owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n']
>
> Do you have a need to use a regexp?
I'd like the general case - split without consumption.
>
ss.splitlines(True)
> ['owi\n', 'weoi
> this didn't work elegantly as expected:
>
> >>> ss
> 'owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n'
> >>> re.split(r'(?m)$',ss)
> ['owi\nweoifj\nfheu\n']
Do you have a need to use a regexp?
>>> ss.splitlines(True)
['owi\n', 'weoifj\n', 'fheu\n']
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Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> Just a question about that "different algorithm", because it force the
> developer to do other work for make the "split" result more "logically
> compatible":
>
> S = "" # this can become from an external source like config parser
>
> for s n S.split():
> do the wor
Peter Otten wrote:
> The documentation for Python 2.4 has a better explanation.
>
<-cut->
> Quoted after http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html#l2h-202.
>
> Peter
Thanks, I haven't see it.
Just a question about that "different algorithm", because it force the
developer to do other work
Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> I don't understand why split (string split) doesn't work with the same
> method if I can't pass values or if I pass a whitespace value:
>
> >>> "".split()
> []
> >>> "".split(" ")
> ['']
>
> But into the doc I see:
> """ If sep is not specified or is None, any whitespace
Michele Petrazzo wrote:
> Hello ng,
> I don't understand why split (string split) doesn't work with the same
> method if I can't pass values or if I pass a whitespace value:
>
"".split()
> []
"".split(" ")
> ['']
>
> But into the doc I see:
> """ If sep is not specified or is None, any
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