I have finally gotten my script (using the excellent pyserial module) to behave. Most of my troubles as enumerated here before were utterly self-induced. Apparently one cannot watch the execution of one's script through another program without affecting it's outcome in unforseen ways. (Sound familiar Herr Schroedinger? :-)
Now that I am actually extracting data in a fairly predictable way, I am at the point where I need to parse it! I have some output here (modified to show the ESC and NUL characters.)
When I pull data from the port, the remote computer sends it in one long string per screen: newlines are not painted in by using the expected x\0a that I had hoped for! No easy readlines() fun for me. Instead I get:
ESC=( 1. ESC=($4x2, 6-239 (3.9L) ..........................................ESC=(a03252 ESC=(k0
ESC=) 2. ESC=))8-318 (5.2L) ..........................................ESC=)a03242 ESC=)k0
ESC=* 3. ESC=*)8-360 (5.9L) ..........................................ESC=*a03351 ESC=*k 0
ESC=+ 4. ESC=+$4x4, 6-239 (3.9L) ..........................................ESC=+a03240 ESC=+k 0
ESC=, 5. ESC=,)8-318 (5.2L) ..........................................ESC=,a03243 ESC=,k 0
ESC=- 6. ESC=-)8-360 (5.9L) ..........................................ESC=-a03352 ESC=-k 0
ESC=. 7. ESC=.aCH8299 ESCTNULESC)NULESC=% LINEESCTNULESC=& R = RELIST <return> = NONE
I have broken it up for ease of viewing. I need to split the string where ESC= , k and 0 are found, but ESC= ,k and 0 are seperated by various spaces, parentheis and other characters that are apparently used to mark the end of the line until the next ESC is found, thereby displaying a new line (note how the character after the first ESC on each line is repeated after the ESC on the end.
I cannot for the life of me figure out a pythonic way (read: using the split() builtin) to scan for instances of these characters in such and such order and proximity. I know this is what regex is for, but I have no experience. I have obtained a copy of "Mastering Regular Expressions" but thought I would inquire here first for caveats and tips as the book is larger than my brain, and I haven't used the re module, ever.
Why in the world does this make me so happy? :-)~
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