On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Marilyn Davis wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Feb 2006, Bian Alex wrote:
>
> > How can I get a string from a random file.
> > For Example:
> > Del ete On : Copy
> > Owner : Bn
> > Personalized: 5
> > PersonalizedName : My Documents
> >
> > I want to get the string after 'Owner' ( In example is 'Bn')
> >
> > 'import re' ?
>
> Yes, but maybe it's simpler to use the builtin functions, and slicing:
>
> text = open('the_file').readlines() <-- now the_file is in text as a string
Ooops. This should be:
text = open('the_file').read()
Maybe someone else will show you the readlines() solution. I have to
run.
Good luck.
Marilyn
>
> start = text.find('Owner :') + 8 <-- start is the index into the text
> where Owner starts + 8 to point
> to the text you want.
> end = text.find('\n', start) <-- end is where the newline is, after
> start.
> found = text[start:end].strip() <-- found has the text you want, with
> any spaces stripped off.
>
> I hope it helps. I didn't test it.
>
> Marilyn Davis
>
> >
> > Pls help.
> >
>
>
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