This is similar to my last post, but a little different. Here is what I would like to do.
Lets say I have a text file. The contents look like this, only there is A LOT of the same thing. () A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3. () The first three letters of the alphabet, used for the whole alphabet. () In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal. () Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road. Now, I am talking 1000's of these. I need to do something like this. I will have a number, and what I want to do is go through this text file, just like the example. The trick is this, those "()'s" are what I need to match, so if the number is 245 I need to find the 245th () and then get the all the text from after it until the next (). If you have an idea about the best way to do this I would love your help. If you made it all the way through thanks! ;) -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/searching-through-a-string-and-pulling-characters-tp19039594p19039594.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
