Thanks a lot this solved my issue:) Regards
Anatoli On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:10 PM, Anatoli Hristov <toli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm trying to index a text in a list as I'm importing a log file and >> each line is a list. >> >> What I'm trying to do is find the right line which contains the text >> User : and take the username right after the text "User :", but the >> list.index("(User :") is indexing only if all the text matching. How >> can I have the right position of the line which contains the word >> ("(User :") > > What you want is a search. Try this: > > for idx,val in enumerate(list): > # if "(User:" in val: break > # if val.startswith("(User:"): break > > > Pick one or t'other of those conditions; the first one looks for any > string _containing_ "(User:", while the second will match specifically > on the beginning. > > After this loop, list[idx] is the "User" line, and the entry after it > is in list[idx+1] - but be aware that you'll get an exception if > list[idx] is the last entry in the list. > > By the way, it's generally considered dodgy to use the name "list" for > a list - it stops you from using the list constructor. I'd recommend > calling it "lst" instead or, better, to name it according to what it > contains (eg if it's a list of log entries, call it 'log_entries' or > something). > > ChrisA > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list