> This is an alternative solution someone else posted on this list for a
> similar problem I had:
> #!/usr/bin/python3
> from itertools import groupby
> def get_lines_from_file(file_name):
> with open(file_name) as reader:
> for line in reader.readlines():
> yield(line.strip())
> counter = 0
> def key_func(x):
> if x.strip().startswith("banner") and x.strip().endswith("<banner text
> delimiter>"):
> global counter
> counter += 1
> return counter
> for key, group in groupby(get_lines_from_file("my_data"), key_func):
> print(list(group)[1:-1])
Thanks Jason,
banner = re.compile(r'banner\s+(\w+)\s+(.+)(.*?)\2', re.DOTALL).findall(lines)
worked nicely to get what I needed:
outfile.write("Banner type: %s Banner Delimiter: %s\n" % (banner[0][0],
banner[0][1]))
outfile.write("Banner Text:\n")
outfile.write(banner[0][2])
Probably not the prettiest, most concise code, but it gets the job done.
Thanks again,
Marc
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