[Zope] Comma delimited file and the re python object

Jonothan Farr jfarr@real.com
Thu, 4 Nov 1999 16:49:38 -0800


O'Reilly puts out a great book called Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey
Friedl which I highly recommend for anyone who plans to use regular
expressions on a regular basis. (badoom, ching)

As others have pointed out, you can't use a simple comma as a delimiter if
your fields can contain commas. You'll have to do something like put quotes
around the fields if you want to do that. Of course, if you also want to
include quotes in the fields then it gets even more complicated. This should
all become quite clear once you understand the basics of regular expression
parsing, though. It is also possible that using regular expressions alone may
not be the best approach.

-jfarr

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