> I am looking for a string parser that works kind of like Google's or > Gmail's advanced search capabilities. So it would turn something like this: > > (subject:"hi there" from:[tim, tom, -fred]) or (subject:foobar from:sam) > > into a python structure that could be used. I don't really care so much > about the search syntax except that easy and intuitive is best for > users. Does something like this exist?
You might want to look at pyparsing. HTH, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list