[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have a file that contains a "tcl" list stored as a string. The list > members are > sql commands ex: > { begin { select * from foo > where baz='whatever'} > {select * from gooble } end > { insert into bar values('Tom', 25) } } > > I would like to parse the tcl list into a python list... > > Any suggestions ( I am running Tkinter...) > > Jerry Well, if you know TCL then read the bit about how to write a python list: (http://docs.python.org/tut/node5.html#SECTION005140000000000000000) Then write a TCL function to traverse your TCL list and write it out in the python format.
Another suggestion might be to use CSV as an intermediary: http://tcllib.sourceforge.net/doc/csv.html http://docs.python.org/dev/lib/module-csv.html Now if you know Python and not TCL ... :-) - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list