Sure sounds like XML to me... I'm just snatching a moment from Saturday chores to type this, but there are a bunch of modules available for XML manipulation - elementtree is built-in; I personally prefer Amara - and I'll bet that a few minutes spent with the docs for either module will tell you what you need to know.
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Bryan Fodness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a large file that has many lines like this, > > <element tag="300a,0014" vr="CS" vm="1" len="4" > name="DoseReferenceStructureType">SITE</element> > I would like to identify the line by the tag (300a,0014) and then grab the > name (DoseReferenceStructureType) and value (SITE). > > I would like to create a file that would have the structure, > > DoseReferenceStructureType = Site > ... > ... > > Also, there is a possibility that there are multiple lines with the same > tag, but different values. These all need to be recorded. > > So far, I have a little bit of code to look at everything that is > available, > > for line in open(str(sys.argv[1])): > i_line = line.split() > if i_line: > if i_line[0] == "<element": > a = i_line[1] > b = i_line[5] > print "%s | %s" %(a, b) > > but do not see a clever way of doing what I would like. > > Any help or guidance would be appreciated. > > Bryan > > > > > -- > "The game of science can accurately be described as a never-ending insult > to human intelligence." - João Magueijo > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > -- www.fsrtechnologies.com
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