Parsing file format to ensure file meets criteria

[John Bokma]

seafoid <fitzpadj at tcd.ie> writes:

> Hi folks,
>
> I am new to python and am having some trouble parsing a file.

It really sounds like you need something that generates a parser for you
based on a grammar instead of trying to code your own parser.

See: http://wiki.python.org/moin/LanguageParsing
for an overview of modules.

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