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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi Shawn,<BR><BR>what if I
had a file<BR>com.properties with the below line in it<BR><BR>If I needed to
capture the value of everything separeted by a ":"<BR>and asign each to a
variable would regex be the right method to grab those?<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<BR>a=jdbc<BR>b=oracle</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
python-list-bounces+brian.mccann=viziant.net@python.org on behalf of Shawn
Milochik<BR><B>Sent:</B> Mon 8/20/2007 4:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
python-list@python.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: reading a line in
file<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Although you're technically correct, I think there's a
knee-jerk<BR>anti-regex reaction, citing the meaningless overhead. If
you're<BR>running many thousands of records or something then it becomes a
small<BR>issue compared to a replace statement or something. But in most
cases<BR>it makes no difference at all.<BR><BR>Run the example script both ways
and I'm sure there will be no<BR>difference, and I prefer a clear regex to a
convoluted (in my opinion)<BR>substring call.<BR><BR>In any case, it's a
preference, and I have never seen anything which<BR>convinced me that one should
avoid regexes at all costs unless there's<BR>no other way to do it.<BR><BR>And
the comment about solving a problem by using regular expressions<BR>creating
another problem is just asinine. Like so many other things,<BR>it's often
repeated without any thought about whether it is true in<BR>general, much less
in the situation in question.<BR>--<BR><A
href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list</A><BR></FONT></P></DIV>
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