problem with split

[hanumizzle]

On 6 Oct 2006 23:09:08 -0700, MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Oct 6, 11:33 pm, hanumizzle <hanumiz... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > import re
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > if line.startswith('instr'):
> >   p = re.compile(r'(\d+)\s+;(.*)$')
> >   m = p.search(line)
> >
> > return (m.group(1), m.group(2))
>
> You probably don't want startswith, in case there are initial spaces in
> the line.

Pardon me; I am not very familiar with file format in question.

> Also, since the regexp is single use, you can just use the
> re.search class method, which will compile the regexp implicitly.

Cool.

> May
> also want to strip the second grouped match, in case of trailing
> spaces.

Cosmetic, but good idea.

-- Theerasak