Hello,
I would like to read several parts of a string into different variables
based on the (physical) units of the quantities.
Here's my testing code:
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mystring = '2m 4cm 3mm' # can also be '1pound 30pence', ...
mylist = mystring.split(" ")
print mylist
first = mylist[0]
second = mylist[1]
third = mylist[2]
print "first", first
print "second", second
print "third", third
m = 0
cm = 0
mm = 0
## first list item
if first.endswith("m",-1):
m = first.strip("m")
elif first.endswith("cm",-2):
cm = first.strip("cm")
elif first.endswith("mm",-2):
mm = first.strip("mm")
else:
print 'Wrong unit!'
## second list item
if second.endswith("m",-1):
m = second.strip("m")
elif second.endswith("cm",-2):
cm = second.strip("cm")
elif second.endswith("mm",-2):
mm = second.strip("mm")
else:
print 'Wrong unit!'
## third list item
if second.endswith("m",-1):
m = second.strip("m")
elif second.endswith("cm",-2):
cm = second.strip("cm")
elif second.endswith("mm",-2):
mm = second.strip("mm")
else:
print 'Wrong unit!'
print m, cm, mm
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Well, I cannot get the meters assigned to the m variable, the
centimeters to the cm variable and the milimeters to the mm variable.
All units end with "m" and therefore my code confuses the strings I am
looking for. I would always reassign the m variable.
I would be very grateful of someone could give me a point or hint how I
read the quantites (read: numbers) into my variables m, cm, mm.
Thanks and kind regards,
Timmie
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