Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!feeder.news-service.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.04; 'python.': 0.05; 'dictionary': 0.07; 'python': 0.07; 'dict': 0.09; 'storing': 0.09; 'pm,': 0.11; 'wrote:': 0.14; 'awk': 0.16; 'retrieving': 0.16; 'subject:Convert': 0.16; 'subject:regex': 0.16; '16,': 0.16; 'intermediate': 0.16; 'this?': 0.18; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.22; 'mon,': 0.22; 'received:209.85.214.174': 0.23; 'received:mail-iw0-f174.google.com': 0.23; 'chris': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.28; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.32; 'data': 0.37; 'received:209.85': 0.37; 'received:google.com': 0.38; 'received:209.85.214': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:209': 0.39; 'how': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; '2011': 0.62; 'correctly?': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=mBJ4maFA93FrYT9JN96zq7wfXQjk5RScTTyK7tOHmac=; b=ZWj4d3EmQlZs1FZZ4Mpt7gle1zi6VcvfpU+vWHW5Qw97MOI4rn1X5WRjSjwTugTi37 pNM5ccIIXTfzatfwA2O4ePxBKvl9HZUrVdfIKCb7sA0lvKhDxshuDKQRytD3Q0wf6PdM YGRaDW3Yuzyv7QYGxkVTi2WbzYpUz+gP6NLiU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=MZK9p3HTCzOSnL/C/7UIBCwC8Y876K17iXXfeniX2QGE57G5w60dDlErFrAp9kUNw4 NuxdQyWkQyTmxtyvUHeh0NOkN5x9dDsFyWemeB5iprjXwpvG8EAozykIJ2njz+8uCblU f0g8GSxFh47kCeSWgFEbmFCXzBkAnfiklxFv8= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0426dbb3-178c-42ac-aebc-29603b3b3bce@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> References: <0426dbb3-178c-42ac-aebc-29603b3b3bce@glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com> Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 18:46:51 +1000 Subject: Re: Convert AWK regex to Python From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 9 NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.94.164.166 X-Trace: 1305535614 news.xs4all.nl 81473 [::ffff:82.94.164.166]:49219 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.python:5502 On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 6:43 PM, J wrote: > Good morning Angelico, > Do I understand correctly? Do you mean incorporating a Python dict inside the AWK command? How can I do this? No, inside Python. What I mean is that you can achieve the same uniqueness requirement by simply storing the intermediate data in a dictionary and then retrieving it at the end. Chris Angelico