On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 1:08:27 AM UTC-6, dieter wrote:
> Stanley Denman <dallasdisabilityattor...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am new to Python. I am trying to extract text from the bookmarks in a PDF
> > file that would provide the data for a Word template merge. I have gotten
> > down to a string of text pulled out of the list object that I got from
> > using PyPDF2 module. I am stuck on now to get the data out of the string
> > that I need. I am calling it a string, but Python is recognizing as a
> > dictionary object.
> >
> > Here is the string:
> >
> > {'/Title': '1F: Progress Notes Src.: MILANI, JOHN C Tmt. Dt.:
> > 05/12/2014 - 05/28/2014 (9 pages)', '/Page': IndirectObject(465, 0),
> > '/Type': '/FitB'}
> >
> > What a want is the following to end up as fields on my Word template merge:
> > MedSourceFirstName: "John"
> > MedSourceLastName: "Milani"
> > MedSourceLastTreatment: "05/28/2014"
> >
> > If I use keys() on the dictionary I get this:
> > ['/Title', '/Page', '/Type']I was hoping "Src" and Tmt Dt." would be
> > treated as keys. Seems like the key/value pair of a dictionary would
> > translate nicely to fieldname and fielddata for a Word document merge.
> > Here is my code so far.
>
> A Python "dict" is a mapping of keys to values. Its "keys" method
> gives you the keys (as you have used above).
> The subscription syntax ("<some_dict>[<some_key>]"; e.g.
> "pdf_info['/Title']") allows you to access the value associated with
> "<some_key>".
>
> In your case, relevant information is coded inside the values themselves.
> You will need to extract this information yourself. Python's "re" module
> might be of help (see the "library reference", for details).
Thanks for your response. Nice to know I am at least on the right path.
Sounds like I am going to have to did in to Regex to get at the test I want.
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