Thanks Guys!
I've written several functions yesterday to import from different types
of raw data including html and different text formats. In the end I
never used the extract function or the parser module, but your advice
put me on the right track. All these functions are now in a single
object a
>def extract(text,s1,s2):
>''' Extract strings wrapped between s1 and s2.
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>>>> t="""this is a test for extract()
>that does multiple extract """
>>>> extract(t,'','')
>['test', 'extract()', 'does multiple extract']
>
>'''
>beg = [1,0
Derick van Niekerk wrote:
> Could you/anyone explain the 4 lines of code to me though? A crash
> course in Python shorthand? What does it mean when you use two sets of
> brackets as in : beg = [1,0][text.startswith(s1)] ?
It's not as strange as it looks. [1,0] is a list. If you put []
after a list
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Derick van Niekerk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>I suppose very few books on python start off with HTML processing in
>stead of 'hello world' :p
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Runsun Pan helped me out with the following:
You can also try the following very primitive solution that I
sometimes
use to extract simple information in a quick and dirty way:
def extract(text,s1,s2):
''' Extract strings wrapped between s1 and s2.
>>> t="""this is a
I'm battling to understand this. I am switching to python while in a
production environment so I am tossed into the deep end. Python seems
easier to learn than other languages, but some of the conventions still
trip me up. Thanks for the link - I'll have to go through all the
previous chapters to u
Thanks, Jay!
I'll try this out today. Trying to write my own parser is such a pain.
This BeatifullSoup script is very nice! I'll give it a try.
If you can help me out with an example of how to do what I explained, I
would appreciate it. I actually finished doing an import last night,
but there is
I think Jay's advice is solid: you shouldn't rule out HTML parsing.
It's not too scary and it's probably not overboard. Using a common HTML
parsing library saves you from having to write and debug your own
parser. Try looking at Dive Into Python's chapter on it, first.
http://www.diveintopython.org
Derick van Niekerk wrote:
> What are the string functions I would use and how would I use them? I
> saw something about html parsing in python, but that might be overkill.
> Babysteps.
Despite your reluctance, I would still recommend an HTML parsing
module. I like BeautifulSoup.
http://www.crummy.
Hi,
I am new to Python and have been doing most of my work with PHP until
now. I find Python to be *much* nicer for the development of local apps
(running on my machine) but I am very new to the Python way of thinking
and I don't realy know where to start other than just by doing it...so
far I'm j
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