I'm battling to understand this. I am switching to python while in a
production environment so I am tossed into the deep end. Python seems
easier to learn than other languages, but some of the conventions still
trip me up. Thanks for the link - I'll have to go through all the
previous chapters to
Runsun Pan helped me out with the following:
You can also try the following very primitive solution that I
sometimes
use to extract simple information in a quick and dirty way:
def extract(text,s1,s2):
''' Extract strings wrapped between s1 and s2.
t=this is a
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Derick van Niekerk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I suppose very few books on python start off with HTML processing in
stead of 'hello world' :p
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Derick van Niekerk wrote:
Could you/anyone explain the 4 lines of code to me though? A crash
course in Python shorthand? What does it mean when you use two sets of
brackets as in : beg = [1,0][text.startswith(s1)] ?
It's not as strange as it looks. [1,0] is a list. If you put []
after a list,
def extract(text,s1,s2):
''' Extract strings wrapped between s1 and s2.
t=this is a spantest/span for spanextract()/span
that spandoes multiple extract/span
extract(t,'span','/span')
['test', 'extract()', 'does multiple extract']
'''
Thanks Guys!
I've written several functions yesterday to import from different types
of raw data including html and different text formats. In the end I
never used the extract function or the parser module, but your advice
put me on the right track. All these functions are now in a single
object
Hi,
I am new to Python and have been doing most of my work with PHP until
now. I find Python to be *much* nicer for the development of local apps
(running on my machine) but I am very new to the Python way of thinking
and I don't realy know where to start other than just by doing it...so
far I'm
I think Jay's advice is solid: you shouldn't rule out HTML parsing.
It's not too scary and it's probably not overboard. Using a common HTML
parsing library saves you from having to write and debug your own
parser. Try looking at Dive Into Python's chapter on it, first.
Thanks, Jay!
I'll try this out today. Trying to write my own parser is such a pain.
This BeatifullSoup script is very nice! I'll give it a try.
If you can help me out with an example of how to do what I explained, I
would appreciate it. I actually finished doing an import last night,
but there
