> I cannot for the life of me figure out a pythonic way (read: using the > split() builtin) to scan for instances of these characters in such and > such > order and proximity. I know this is what regex is for,
I'm afraid so, it looks like the time has come to import re. > I have obtained a copy of "Mastering Regular Expressions" Good book but probably overkill unless you get really serious > I would inquire here first for caveats and tips Build them up gradually, test them at the >>> prompt or using the tool that comes with Python. Don;t forget the power of building a negative of what you want and then searching for the inverse. Finally remember that match() is usually the wrong function to use - it only searches at the beginning of the string! And, of course, I have a topic on regex :-) Good luck! Alan G Author of the learn to program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
