i got it thank you all for help.
a bit dirty though.
value = re.split(' ', xml[xml.index(tag)+len(tag):len(xml)])
value = value[0].replace('="','').replace('"','')
print value
On Mar 5, 9:38 pm, Adam Mechtley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yeah for that you need a different pattern, since the pipe character is not
> counted as part of a word (only alphanumeric and underscore)
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Daisuke Maki <[email protected]> wrote:
> > oops.
>
> > What about this one?
>
> > import re
> > xml = '<xmlTest yo345="wdwdd" test0="12345" test1="m|yP|ic" test2="1234"
> > myVersion="6">'
> > tag = 'test1' #to get myPic
> > value = re.split('\W+', xml[xml.index(tag)+len(tag):len(xml)])[1]
> > print value
> > # m
>
> > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Adam Mechtley
> > <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> >> No idea; works for me if I paste in what you just typed here
>
> >> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:32 AM, efecto <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >>> Thanks Adam. That worked a treat! I gotta rememebr that.
>
> >>> Another question.
> >>> When i tried the following
>
> >>> import re
> >>> xml = '<xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6">'
> >>> tag = 'test1' #to get myPic
> >>> value = re.split('\W+', xml[xml.index(tag)+len(tag):len(xml)])[1]
>
> >>> I wanted to get the value 'myPic' but it didnt seem to work. I guess
> >>> splitting with '\W+' wasn't for this.
>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> D
>
> >>> On Mar 5, 5:55 pm, Adam Mechtley <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> > I'm sure there are plenty of other ways, but I would do:
>
> >>> > 1.
> >>> > testPath[0:testPath.rindex('/')] or testPath[0:testPath.rindex('/')+1]
> >>> if
> >>> > you really want that trailing slash for some reason
>
> >>> > 2.
> >>> > import re
> >>> > xml = '<xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6">'
> >>> > tag = 'myVersion'
> >>> > value = re.split('\W+', xml[xml.index(tag)+len(tag):len(xml)])[1]
>
> >>> > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 10:27 PM, efecto <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> > > 1.
> >>> > > testPath = '/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path'
> >>> > > I want to get this path from the variable above.
> >>> > > /here/is/my/path/here/is/my/path/here/is/my/
> >>> > > I could use testPath.split('/') then manually create the path but i
> >>> > > think they may be an easier way to generate the string.
>
> >>> > > 2.
> >>> > > I'm reading in an xml file and would like to get the version '6' from
> >>> > > the string below.
> >>> > > How would you do that efficiently? Again I may use split function but
> >>> > > i'm sure there are more convenient ways
> >>> > > <xmlTest test1="myPic" test2="1234" myVersion="6">
>
> >>> > > Thanks for reading.
>
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