>I need to pull the highligted data from a similar file and can't seem to >get > my script to work: > > Script: > import re > infile = open("filter.txt","r") > outfile = open("out.txt","w") > patt = re.compile(r"~02([\d{10}])")
You have to allow for the characters at the beginning and end too. Try this. re.compile(r".*~02(\d{10})~.*") Also outfile.write("%s\n") literally writes "%s\n" You need this I believe outfile.write("%s\n" % m.group(1)) > for line in infile: > m = patt.match(line) > if m: > outfile.write("%s\n") > infile.close() > outfile.close() > > > File: > 200~021111001491~05070 > 200~021111001777~05070 > 200~021111001995~05090 > 200~021111002609~05090 > 200~021111002789~05070 > 200~012~021111004169~0 > 200~021111004247~05090 > 200~021111008623~05090 > 200~021111010957~05090 > 200~02 1111011479~05090 > 200~0199~021111001237~ > 200~021111011600~05090 > 200~012~02 1111022305~0 > 200~021111023546~05090 > 200~021111025427~05090 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor