On 3/2/2010 10:19 AM, Roy Smith wrote:
Somewhat sadly, in my case, I can't even machine process the header file. I don't, strictly speaking, have a header file. What I have is a PDF which documents what's in the header file, and I'm manually re- typing the data out of that. Sigh.
Here's an idea, perhaps too obvious, to minimize your keystrokes: 1. Create a text file with the essential data: XYZ_FOO 0 The foo property XYZ_BAR 1 The bar property XYZ_BAZ 2 reserved for future use 2. Use a Python script to convert this into the desired code: declare('XYZ_FOO', 0, "The foo property") declare('XYZ_BAR', 1, "The bar property") declare('XYZ_BAZ', 2, "reserved for future use") Note: >>> s 'XYZ_FOO 0 The foo property' >>> s.split(None, 2) ['XYZ_FOO', '0', 'The foo property'] HTH, John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list