> I'm trying to do this with the re module - the two tags looks like:
>
> <foo>
> ...
> a bunch of text (~1500 lines)
> ...
> </foo>
>
> I need to identify the first tag, and the second, and
unconditionally
> strip out everything in between those two tags, making it look like:
>
> <foo>
> </foo>
A very simplistic approach uses a flag:
atTag = 0
f = open(...)
while not atTag:
line = f.readline()
if line == '<foo>':
atTag = True
break
outFile.write(line) # + \n, I can't remember...
while atTag:
line = f.readline()
if line == '</foo>':
atTag = False
while f:
outfile.write(f.readline())
This flag approach is sometimes called a sentinal...
I'm sure somebody can find better ways of doing this but I'm
too tired to bother right now! :-(
The sentinel approach will work...
Alan G.
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