Clayton Kirkwood wrote: > I have the following code:
> blah = > re.search(r'<\w\w>(\w{3}\.)\s+(\d{2}),\s+(\d{2}).+([AP]M)\s+(E[SD]T)', > line) > (month, day, time, ap, offset) = blah.group(1,2,3,4,5) > This works fine, but in the (month... line, I have blah.group(1,2,3,4,5), > but this is problematic for me. I shouldn't have to use that 1,2,3,4,5 > sequence. I tried to use many alternatives using: range(5) which doesn't > work, list(range(5)) which actually lists the numbers in a list, and > several others. As I read it, the search puts out a tuple. I was hoping to > just assign the re.search to month, day, time, ap, offset directly. Why > wouldn't that work? Why won't a range(5) work? I couldn't find a way to > get the len of blah. > What am I missing? <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/re.html#re.match.groups> While the direct answer would be month, day, time, ap, offset = blah.group(*range(1,6)) there is also the groups() method month, day, time, ap, offset = blah.groups() which is appropriate when you want to unpack all capturing groups. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor