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> Hello,
>
> I have a situation where I have a file that contains text similar to:
>
> myValue1 = contents of value1
> myValue2 = contents of value2 but
> with a new line here
> myValue3 = contents of value3
>
> My first approach was to open the file, use readlines to split the
> lines on the "=" delimiter into a key/value pair (to be stored in a
> dict).
>
> After processing a couple files I noticed its possible that a newline
> can be present in the value as shown in myValue2.
>
> In this case its not an option to say remove the newlines if its a
> "multi line" value as the value data needs to stay intact.
>
> I'm a bit confused as how to go about getting this to work.
>
> Any suggestions on an approach would be greatly appreciated!
>
data = {}
key = None
for line in open('yourfile.txt'):
line = line.strip()
if not line:
# skip empty lines
continue
if '=' in line:
key, value = map(str.strip, line.split('=', 1))
data[key] = value
elif key is None:
# first line without a '='
raise ValueError("invalid format")
else:
# multiline
data[key] += "\n" + line
print data
=> {'myValue3': 'contents of value3', 'myValue2': 'contents of value2
but\nwith a new line here', 'myValue1': 'contents of value1'}
HTH
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