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First post2013-02-28 22:49 -0800
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  text formatting question idy <idhayham@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 22:49 -0800
    Re: text formatting question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-01 17:53 +1100
      Re: text formatting question idy <idhayham@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 23:08 -0800
        Re: text formatting question Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-03-01 08:52 -0500
        Re: text formatting question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-02 00:57 +1100
      Re: text formatting question idy <idhayham@gmail.com> - 2013-02-28 23:08 -0800

#40227 — text formatting question

Fromidy <idhayham@gmail.com>
Date2013-02-28 22:49 -0800
Subjecttext formatting question
Message-ID<0a6178f9-51ef-4edc-b87f-2631d667797f@googlegroups.com>
I have a text string of this format 

Error = 'XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.23344566LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUNXYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN'

I need to write this to mail body as with following format in multiple lines

XYC.12345455-LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
XYC.23344566-LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
XYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
XYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
XYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN

Note (XYC is common for all the text , rest of the fields are not constant. Please help

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#40228

FromChris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date2013-03-01 17:53 +1100
Message-ID<mailman.2703.1362120831.2939.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#40227
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM, idy <idhayham@gmail.com> wrote:
> Error = 'XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.23344566LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUNXYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN'
>
> I need to write this to mail body as with following format in multiple lines
>
> XYC.12345455-LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> XYC.23344566-LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> XYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
> XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> XYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> XYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN

You want to break the line immediately before the 'XYC'? That's quite
easy; the line break is a character like any other, and can be used in
a replace() call:

formatted_error = Error.replace("XYC","\nXYC")

If that's not the case, can you clarify what you need to do to divide it?

Chris Angelico

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#40229

Fromidy <idhayham@gmail.com>
Date2013-02-28 23:08 -0800
Message-ID<0a682b8c-34dd-4f45-b834-76c9f83d866d@googlegroups.com>
In reply to#40228
On Friday, March 1, 2013 12:23:41 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM, idy <idhayham@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Error = 'XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.23344566LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUNXYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN'
> 
> >
> 
> > I need to write this to mail body as with following format in multiple lines
> 
> >
> 
> > XYC.12345455-LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> 
> > XYC.23344566-LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> 
> > XYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
> 
> > XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> 
> > XYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> 
> > XYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
> 
> 
> 
> You want to break the line immediately before the 'XYC'? That's quite
> 
> easy; the line break is a character like any other, and can be used in
> 
> a replace() call:
> 
> 
> 
> formatted_error = Error.replace("XYC","\nXYC")
> 
> 
> 
> If that's not the case, can you clarify what you need to do to divide it?
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Angelico

Chris,

Thanks this works great !!!

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#40251

FromDave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Date2013-03-01 08:52 -0500
Message-ID<mailman.2721.1362145995.2939.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#40229
On 03/01/2013 02:08 AM, idy wrote:
> On Friday, March 1, 2013 12:23:41 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>>
>>>   <snip>
>>
>> You want to break the line immediately before the 'XYC'? That's quite
>> easy; the line break is a character like any other, and can be used in
>> a replace() call:
>>
>> formatted_error = Error.replace("XYC","\nXYC")
>>
>> If that's not the case, can you clarify what you need to do to divide it?
>>
>> Chris Angelico
>
> Chris,
>
> Thanks this works great !!!
>

The assumption Chris made is that the characters XYC do *not* appear 
anywhere else in each string.  if they do, then you need to write a spec 
as to what criteria you can count on for the data.

If somebody has mangled all those lines into one long string, it's quite 
likely that they CANNOT be reliably separated again.  Chris' suggestion 
is the most likely candidate, but ...
-- 
DaveA

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#40252

FromChris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date2013-03-02 00:57 +1100
Message-ID<mailman.2722.1362146236.2939.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#40229
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
> The assumption Chris made is that the characters XYC do *not* appear
> anywhere else in each string.  if they do, then you need to write a spec as
> to what criteria you can count on for the data.
>

Right. I should have mentioned that. Let's hope the OP is sufficiently
lucky as to have a separator uniqueness..


ChrisA

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#40230

Fromidy <idhayham@gmail.com>
Date2013-02-28 23:08 -0800
Message-ID<mailman.2704.1362121746.2939.python-list@python.org>
In reply to#40228
On Friday, March 1, 2013 12:23:41 PM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:49 PM, idy <idhayham@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Error = 'XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.23344566LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUNXYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-INGXYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTYXYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN'
> 
> >
> 
> > I need to write this to mail body as with following format in multiple lines
> 
> >
> 
> > XYC.12345455-LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> 
> > XYC.23344566-LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> 
> > XYC.22334566LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
> 
> > XYC.12345455LOcation/user/data/MYGLE-ING
> 
> > XYC.1111111LOcation/user/data/INGE-FTY
> 
> > XYC.3333333LOcation/user/data/GETN-YUN
> 
> 
> 
> You want to break the line immediately before the 'XYC'? That's quite
> 
> easy; the line break is a character like any other, and can be used in
> 
> a replace() call:
> 
> 
> 
> formatted_error = Error.replace("XYC","\nXYC")
> 
> 
> 
> If that's not the case, can you clarify what you need to do to divide it?
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Angelico

Chris,

Thanks this works great !!!

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