On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Chris or Leslie Smith wrote:
> I agree that handling this with Python is pretty straightforward, but > I'm wondering if there exists some sort of mechanism for reading these > types of well structured (though not XML format, etc...) files. Hi Chris, Yes, take a look at "parser" tools like pyparsing, mxTextTools, and Martel: http://pyparsing.sourceforge.net/ http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxTextTools.html http://www.dalkescientific.com/Martel I have to admit that I don't use these tools much, since my data is already in some kind of predefined structure. If it's at all possible, I'd recommend sticking with pre-defined formats like XML: parsing can be a tedious job at times. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor