> On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Bill Burns wrote: > > >>I'm looking to get the size (width, length) of a PDF file. >
> Hi Bill, > > Just as a side note: you may want to look into using the 'pdfinfo' utility > that comes as part of the xpdf package: > > http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ > > For example: > > ####################################################################### > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pdfinfo 05-lexparse.pdf > Producer: Acrobat Distiller Command 3.0 for Solaris 2.3 and later > (SPARC) > CreationDate: Tue Jul 1 18:36:35 1913 > Tagged: no > Pages: 12 > Encrypted: no > Page size: 612 x 792 pts (letter) > File size: 191874 bytes > Optimized: no > PDF version: 1.2 > ####################################################################### > > > > >>Every pdf file has a 'tag' (in the file) that looks similar to this >> >>Example #1 >>MediaBox [0 0 612 792] >> >>or this >> >>Example #2 >>MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] >> >>I figured a regex might be a good way to get this data but the >>whitespace (or no whitespace) after the left bracket has me stumped. > > > > I think you might want to look for the whitespace metacharacter '\s'. > Also, you can consider using '*' to qualify a previous pattern: it stands > for "zero or more of the pattern." For example: > > ##################################### > >>>>re.search("a*b", "aab") > > <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x403ae250> > >>>>re.search("a*b", "ab") > > <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x403ae138> > >>>>re.search("a*b", "b") > > <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x403ae250> > >>>>re.search("a*b", "") >>>> > > ##################################### > > In comparison: > > > ##################################### > >>>>re.search("a+b", "aab") > > <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x403ae138> > >>>>re.search("a+b", "ab") > > <_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x403ae250> > >>>>re.search("a+b", "b") >>>> > > ##################################### > Danny, Thank you for the information. Bill _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
