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| Date | 2013-11-01 21:40 +0000 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. |
| References | <f241bc01-d10a-433f-b3af-b22d05a603d8@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.1940.1383342016.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 01/11/2013 21:33, Captain Dunsel wrote: > I have a text file that has lines with numbers occasionally appearing right before a person's name. For example: > > COLLEGE:ENROLLMENT:COMPLETED EVALUATIONS:624309FUDD, ELMER > > where I want to search for the name "ELMER FUDD" and extract the number right in front of it "608309" when such a number appears but the length of the number is variable and using ?<= in a regular expression will only search for a fixed length. > > Any ideas appreciated! > How about searching with a pattern like r':(\d*)FUDD, ELMER'.
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New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Captain Dunsel <jonathan.nyquist@gmail.com> - 2013-11-01 14:33 -0700
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-11-01 21:40 +0000
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Jussi Piitulainen <jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> - 2013-11-02 09:06 +0200
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Justin Barber <jbarber@iliff.edu> - 2013-11-02 06:03 -0700
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-02 13:31 +0000
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Captain Dunsel <jonathan.nyquist@gmail.com> - 2013-11-02 17:19 -0700
Re: New to using re. Search for a number before a string. Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-11-03 00:27 +0000
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