I was trying to keep it generic.
Wrapped data file:
<tr data-row-symbol="SWKS"><td class="col-symbol txt"><span
class="wrapper " data-model="name:DatumModel;id:null;" data-tmpl=""><a
data-ylk="cat:portfolio;cpos:1" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SWKS";
data-rapid_p="18">SWKS</a></span></td><td class="col-fiftytwo_week_low
cell-raw:23.270000"><span class="wrapper "
data-model="name:DatumModel;id:SWKS:qsi:wk52:low;"
data-tmpl="change:yfin.datum">23.27</span></td><td class="col-prev_close
cell-raw:58.049999"><span class="wrapper " data-model="name:DatumMo
import re, os
line_in = file.readline()
# read in humongous html line
stock = re.search('\s*<tr data-row-symbol="([A-Z]+)">', line_in)
#scan to SWKS"> in data
#line, stock should be SWKS
low_52 = re.search('.+wk52:low.+([\d\.]+)<', line_in) #want
to pick up from
#SWKS">, low_52 should be 23.27
I am trying to figure out if each re.match starts scanning at the beginning of
the same line over and over or does each scan start at the end of the last
match. It appears to start over??
This is stock:
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 47), match=' <tr
data-row-symbol="SWKS">'>
This is low_52:
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 502875), match=' <tr
data-row-symbol="SWKS"><t>
If necessary, how do I pick up and move forward to the point right after the
previous match? File.tell() and file.__sizeof__(), don't seem to play a useful
role.
TIA,
Clayton
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