Ron Phillips wrote: > I am expecting users to cut-and-paste DMS data into an application — > like: +40 30 15 E40 15 34.56, -81 0 0, 81 57 34.27E, W 40° 13’ > 27.343”, 40° 13’ 27.343” S, 140° 13’ 27.343”S, S40° 13’ 27.34454, > 81:57:34.27E > > I've been able to write a regex that seems to work in redemo.py, but it > doesn't do at all what I want when I try to code it using the re module. > The problem seems to be the way I am using unicode — specifically all > those punctuation marks that might get pasted in. I anticipate the > program getting its input from a browser; maybe that will narrow down > the range somewhat.
I'm guessing a bit here, but you have to know what encoding you are getting from the browser. If the input is from a form, I think you will get back results in the same encoding as the page containing the form. Then I think you can either - convert the form data to unicode and use unicode in the regex, or - use the same encoding for the regex as the form data A good way to start would be to print repr(formdata) that will show you exactly what is in the data. Kent > > Anyway, given the string above, what regex will match the ” and ’ > characters, please? I have tried \x02BC and \x92 and \x2019 for the ’ , > but no result. I am sure it's simple; I am sure some other newbie has > asked it, but I have Googled my brains out, and can't find it. > > Ron > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
