micron_make <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to parse a file whose contents are : > > parameter=current > max=5A > min=2A > > for a single line I used > for line in file: > print re.search("parameter\s*=\s*(.*)",line).groups() > > is there a way to match multiple patterns using regex and return a > dictionary. What I am looking for is (pseudo code) > > for line in file: > re.search("pattern1" OR "pattern2" OR ..,line) > > and the result should be {pattern1:match, pattern2:match...} > > Also should I be using regex at all here ?
If every line of the file is of the form name=value, then regexps are indeed not needed. You could do something like that. params = {} for line in file: name, value = line.strip().split('=', 2) params[name] = value (untested) Then params should be the dictionary you want. -- Arnaud -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list