On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:59:50 -0800, André wrote: > 4. I want to do this only using modules in the standard Python > library, as I want to use this to learn about the basics of parsing. > So, please don't *simply* suggest to use a third-party module, such > as > [1] plex, [2] yapps, [3] pyparsing > The learning journey is more important for me than just having a > canned solution to my (current) parsing problem.
Believe me, there is no canned solution to your current parsing problem. Once you have a parser engine (e.g. pyparsing) you still have to build a parser, and that's not necessarily trivial. Other than that, try this: http://docs.python.org/library/shlex.html -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
