Hi everyone, I've implemented a scanf-like module in pure Python: http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/scanf/ If you've ever had the itch to do something like: ### import scanf (cmd, errors, warnings) = ( scanf.sscanf("/usr/sbin/sendmail - 0 errors, 4 warnings", "%s - %d errors, %d warnings")) ### I hope this helps!