Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.016 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'cpython': 0.05; 'nasty': 0.07; 'tool,': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'mess': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'windows': 0.15; '23,': 0.16; 'json,': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:Accessing': 0.16; 'subject:beginner': 0.16; 'usernames': 0.16; 'thursday,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'bit': 0.19; '>>>': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'world,': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'appear': 0.29; 'subject:) ': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; 'andrew': 0.30; 'direction': 0.30; 'heading': 0.30; 'especially': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'url:python': 0.33; 'subject: (': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'done,': 0.36; 'otherwise.': 0.36; 'subject:data': 0.36; 'useful': 0.36; 'thanks': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'wrong': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'guy': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'real': 0.63; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'worth': 0.66; 'managing': 0.66; 'reply': 0.66; 'believe': 0.68; 'benefit': 0.68; 'yes': 0.68; 'subject:there': 0.68; 'funny': 0.74; '9.1': 0.84; 'freebsd': 0.84; 'subject:think': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85; 'inefficient': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: Accessing Json data (I think I am nearly there) complete beginner Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:56:19 +0100 References: <509030d9-08fd-40b2-8a89-cd4ecfad7a1a@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-89-240-174-199.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130523-0, 23/05/2013), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1369335379 news.xs4all.nl 15955 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:48630 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:45834 On 23/05/2013 19:19, Andrew Edwards-Adams wrote: > On Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:11:28 PM UTC+1, Andrew Berg wrote: >> On 2013.05.23 11:58, Andrew Edwards-Adams wrote: >> >>> Hi thanks for the reply Andrew, my first bit of code was heading in the right direction I was managing to pull out the usernames from the JSON, using REGEX. >> >> It's also worth mentioning that regexes are almost always the wrong tool, especially for standardized formats like JSON. They can be very >> >> useful when nothing saner will get the job done, but are a nasty mess with no real benefit otherwise. >> >> -- >> >> CPython 3.3.2 | Windows NT 6.2.9200 / FreeBSD 9.1 > > Thanks Andrew, yes I believe this is what the guy who provided me with the code was thinking. I was about to embark on what was definitely going to be an inefficient long regex. > Funny old world, there doesn't appear to be working code but someone is already thinking about definite inefficiency. What evidence do you have to support this claim? -- If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. Mark Lawrence