[Python-ideas] Re: s?scanf [was: A string function idea]

parse is a great library! i've used it a lot. --- Ricky. "I've never met a Kentucky man who wasn't either thinking about going home or actually going home." - Happy Chandler On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:08 PM Paul Moore wrote:

On Wed, 30 Mar 2022 at 17:58, Christopher Barker wrote:

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On Wed, Mar 30, 2022 at 1:50 AM Stéfane Fermigier

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FYI, there is a “parse” library on PyPI:

https://pypi.org/project/parse/

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Parse strings using a specification based on the Python format() syntax.

parse() is the opposite of format()

(I haven’t used it myself,

Me neither, but I do like this idea better than scanf style. And there’s an implementation ready to try out.

+1 from me as well.

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