regex help

[johnzenger at gmail.com]

Why not use split instead of regular expressions?

>>> ln = "32    32     23      9     9     -     9     9     -     9    11     1    10"
>>> ln.split()
['32', '32', '23', '9', '9', '-', '9', '9', '-', '9', '11', '1', '10']

Much simpler, yes?  Just find the line that comes after a line that
begins with "TIGER," split it, and pick the number you want out of the
resulting list.

Lance Hoffmeyer wrote:
> I have the following table and I am trying to match percentage the 2nd column on the 2nd Tiger line (9.0).
>
> I have tried both of the following.  I expected both to match but neither did?  Is there a modifier
> I am missing?  What changes do I need to make these match?  I need to keep the structure of the regex
> the same.
>
> TIGER.append(re.search("TIGER\s{10}.*?(?:(\d{1,3}\.\d)\s+){2}", target_table).group(1))
> TIGER.append(re.search("^TIGER.*?(?:(\d{1,3}\.\d)\s+){2}", target_table).group(1))
>
>
> BASE - TOTAL TIGER     268   268    173     95   101     -   101    57     -    57    78     2    76   268   192    76    230     21
>
> DOG                     79    79     44     35    31     -    31    17     -    17    25     1    24    79    55    24     75      1
>                       29.5  29.5   25.4   36.8  30.7     -  30.7  29.8     -  29.8  32.1  50.0  31.6  29.5  28.6  31.6   32.6    4.8
>
> CAT                     46    46     28     18    20     -    20     7     -     7    14     -    14    46    32    14     39      4
>                       17.2  17.2   16.2   18.9  19.8     -  19.8  12.3     -  12.3  17.9     -  18.4  17.2  16.7  18.4   17.0   19.0
>
> LAMB                    32    32     23      9    10     -    10     8     -     8    12     -    12    32    20    12     28      1
>                       11.9  11.9   13.3    9.5   9.9     -   9.9  14.0     -  14.0  15.4     -  15.8  11.9  10.4  15.8   12.2    4.8
>
> TRIPOD                  32    32     23      9     9     -     9     9     -     9    11     1    10    32    22    10     28      3
>                       11.9  11.9   13.3    9.5   8.9     -   8.9  15.8     -  15.8  14.1  50.0  13.2  11.9  11.5  13.2   12.2   14.3
>
> TIGER                   24    24     16      8     5     -     5    10     -    10     7     -     7    24    17     7     18      2
>                        9.0   9.0    9.2    8.4   5.0     -   5.0  17.5     -  17.5   9.0     -   9.2   9.0   8.9   9.2    7.8    9.5