problem with split

[Eric_Dexter at msn.com]

p.s. this is the one I need to finish to release the csoundroutines
library

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Eric_Dexter at msn.com wrote:
> apologies if I annoy and for spacing (google)
>
>
>
> def csdInstrumentList(from_file):
>     "Returns a list of .csd instruments and any comment lines after the
> instrument"
>     infile = open(from_file, 'r')
>     temp_number = 0
>     for line in infile:
>         if 'instr' in line:
>             s = re.split(r' +',line,3)
>             instr_number = s[1]
>     return instr_number
>
> I am coming pretty close to what I want with variations on theis but I
> cant seem to
> get 3 lines with the split and instr_number[array] = s[1] seems to give
> me an error.
> the data from the line I am trying to split in three would look like
> this
>
>   instr 83     ;comment would be here
>
> I want comment returned in an array and instr_number returned in an
> array.