Yeah, Alan's tutorial is what I used to learn how to code, it's very good. Regexes are very powerful; which can be a very good thing and a very bad thing. ;)
Good luck. On 4/20/06, doug shawhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got it! Thanks! Mr. Gald hooked me up with his re tutorial as well. Great! > > > On 4/19/06, Liam Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > Here's my copy, it should work if you have Tkinter. > > > > Good luck! > > > > On 4/20/06, doug shawhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Drat, I installed from the OpenBSD ports tree and this is not included. > I'll > > > scout around on the net. > > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > > > > > On 4/19/06, doug shawhan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Holy moley. > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/19/06, Liam Clarke < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Doug, > > > > > > > > > > Best tip ever is > > > your_python_dir\tools\scripts\redemo.py > > > > > > > > > > Interactive regexes. :) > > > > > > > > > > This is pretty good as well - > > > http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/ > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > Liam Clarke > > > > > > > > > > On 4/20/06, doug shawhan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I think I'm going to have to suck it up and learn some regular > > > expressions. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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? :-)~ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > > > > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor