I haven't done much with Python for a couple years, bouncing around
between other languages and scripts as needs suggest, so I have some
minor difficulty keeping Python functionality Python functionality in my
head, but I can overcome that as the cobwebs clear. Though I do seem to
keep tripping over the same Py2 -> Py3 syntax changes (old habits die hard).
I have a text file with XML like records that I need to parse. By XML
like I mean records have proper opening and closing tags. but fields
don't have closing tags (they rely on line ends). Not all fields appear
in all records, but they do adhere to a defined sequence.
My initial passes into Python have been very unfocused (a scatter gun of
too many possible directions, yielding very messy results), so I'm
asking for some suggestions, or algorithms (possibly even examples)that
may help me focus.
I'm not asking anyone to write my code, just to nudge me toward a more
disciplined approach to a common task, and I promise to put in the
effort to understand the underlying fundamentals.
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