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Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile

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Subject Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile
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2012/12/4 Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com>:
> I love the way you guys can write a line of code that does the same as 20 of mine :)
> I can turn up the heat on your regex by feeding it a null description or multiple white space (both in the original file.) I'm sure you'd adjust, but at the cost of a more complex regex.
> Meanwhile takewith and dropwith are behaving themselves impeccably but my while loop has fallen over.
>
> Best,
> Nick
>> [...]
> --

Hi,
well, for what is it worth, both cases could be addressed quite
easily, with little added complexity - e.g.: make the description part
optional, allow multiple whitespace and enforce word boundary after
the product name in order to get rid of the trailing whitespace in it:

>>> re.findall(r"(?m)^([A-Z\s]+\b)(?:\s+(.*))?$", "CAPSICUM RED fresh from QLD\nCAPSICUM    RED   fresh from    Queensland\nCAPSICUM RED")
[('CAPSICUM RED', 'fresh from QLD'), ('CAPSICUM    RED', 'fresh from
 Queensland'), ('CAPSICUM RED', '')]
>>>

However, it's certainly preferable to use a solution you are more
comfortable with, e.g. the itertools one...

regards,
   vbr

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Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 05:57 -0800
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-04 14:23 +0000
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 06:47 -0800
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-04 15:17 +0000
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 15:31 +0100
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 07:24 -0800
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 22:08 +0100
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 07:24 -0800
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-04 18:26 +0000
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-12-04 18:18 +0100
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile DJC <djc@news.invalid> - 2012-12-04 18:28 +0000
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-12-04 19:48 +0100
        Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 12:37 -0700
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-12-04 21:33 +0100
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-12-04 21:13 +0000
        Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-04 20:17 +0000
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-12-04 15:44 -0500
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 17:17 -0800
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 00:45 +1100
        Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-05 14:34 +0000
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 08:33 -0700
            Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-05 16:11 +0000
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-12-05 15:32 +0000
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 09:16 -0700
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-05 17:57 +0000
    Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-04 17:17 -0800
      Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-05 13:29 +0000
        Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 09:04 -0800
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-12-05 17:57 +0000
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-05 18:16 +0000
            Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 11:01 -0800
              Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-05 20:13 +0000
              Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2012-12-05 22:36 +0100
                Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2012-12-06 13:06 +0000
                Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Vlastimil Brom <vlastimil.brom@gmail.com> - 2012-12-06 15:12 +0100
          Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-12-06 14:40 +0100
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-12-04 17:21 -0500
  Re: Good use for itertools.dropwhile and itertools.takewhile Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-12-06 13:29 -0800

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