Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.mixmin.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; '16,': 0.03; 'syntax': 0.03; 'subject:file': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'separator.': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'slightly': 0.15; '-tkc': 0.16; '[section]': 0.16; 'comma': 0.16; 'csv': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'literals:': 0.16; 'message- id:@tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'received:70.251': 0.16; 'received:dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:swbell.net': 0.16; 'sorts': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'config': 0.17; 'shell': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'parse': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply- To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'separate': 0.27; 'represent': 0.28; '+0100,': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; '(and': 0.32; 'file': 0.32; "skip:' 20": 0.32; 'text,': 0.33; 'list': 0.35; 'nov': 0.35; 'options:': 0.35; 'skip:l 30': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'one,': 0.37; 'option': 0.37; 'two': 0.37; 'data': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'skip:a 30': 0.60; 'thomas': 0.62; 'more': 0.63; 'fun': 0.64; 'skip:n 30': 0.69; 'heavy': 0.83; 'configparser': 0.84; 'received:50.22': 0.84 Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:43:11 -0600 From: Tim Chase User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111120 Icedove/3.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Thomas Bach Subject: Re: editing conf file References: <996a6d6c-fdb2-40a0-bd5c-ada2ba35af78@i2g2000pbi.googlegroups.com> <20121116130411.GA4246@taris.box> In-Reply-To: <20121116130411.GA4246@taris.box> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com Cc: python-list@python.org 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: 51 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1353073345 news.xs4all.nl 6873 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60841 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:33440 On 11/16/12 07:04, Thomas Bach wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:48:49PM +0100, chip9munk wrote: >> configparser has four functions: get, getboolean, getfloat and getint. >> >> how do I get list from cfg file?! > > AFAIK you have to parse the list yourself. Something like > > my_list = [ s.strip() for s in cp.get('section', 'option').split(',') ] > > if you use a comma as a separator. For slightly more complex option text, you can use the CSV module to do the heavy lifting, so if you have something like [section] option="one, one, one",two,3 then you can have Python give you my_list = next(csv.reader([cp.get("section", "option")])) or alternatively use the shlex module and separate them like shell options: [section] option="one, one, one" two 3 then do my_list = list(shlex.shlex(cp.get("section", "option"))) Or yet one more way using Python list syntax for literals: [section] option=["one, one, one", "two", 3] and get them with my_list = ast.literal_eval(cp.get("section", "option)) Lots of fun (and batteries-included) ways depending on how you want to represent the list in the config file and what sorts of data it can contain. -tkc