Re: [Zope] Comma delimited file and the re python object

On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Max M wrote:

I am trying to import a comma delimited ascii file via Python.

naturally the pattern: , will not work as there might be a comma inside the text.

the pattern "," wont work either as there as the numbers are not enclosed in quotes.

There must be a simple pattern doing it right but I cannot seem to figure it out myself.

Look, then your datafile is corrupt. If you have commas in the text fields then commas as seperator does not work. Period. Choose another delimitor such as TAB. I wrote a long while back a parser for these things. It is trivial. Just a few lines of code. regards, stephan -- Stephan Richter iXL - Software Designer and Engineer CBU - Physics, Computer Science and Chemistry Student