On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jing Ai <jai...@g.rwu.edu> wrote: > Thanks, but I don't think I can get out the string in the brackets by only > replacing other items...(there's too many things to replace and may > interfere with the items within the string). > > >
I am not sure what you mean by your previous sentence. Check out Steven's excellent answer. Also, remember to reply to the list, or no one will see your question. Good luck > > > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Joel Goldstick > <joel.goldst...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Jing Ai <jai...@g.rwu.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to rewrite some contents on a long list that contains words >>> within brackets and outside brackets and I'm having trouble extracting the >>> words within brackets, especially since I have to add the append function >>> for list as well. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thank you! >>> >>> *An example of list*: >>> >>> ['hypothetical protein BRAFLDRAFT_208408 [Branchiostoma floridae]\n', >>> 'hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha [Mus musculus]\n', 'hypoxia-inducible >>> factor 1-alpha [Gallus gallus]\n' ] >>> >> >> Is the above line a python list, or is it what you get when you read a >> line of a data file. The reason I ask, is if it is a list you can split >> the list by looping of each list item. Then just maybe try some of these >> ideas: >> >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10017147/python-replace-characters-in-string >> >>> *What I'm trying to extract out of this*: >>> >>> ['Branchiostoma floridae', 'Mus musculus', 'Gallus gallus'] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >>> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Joel Goldstick >> http://joelgoldstick.com >> > > -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com
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