Whittle it on down
Stephen Hansen
me+python at ixokai.io
Thu May 5 01:39:15 EDT 2016
On Wed, May 4, 2016, at 09:58 PM, DFS wrote:
> Want to whittle a list like this:
>
> [u'Espa\xf1ol', 'Health & Fitness Clubs (36)', 'Health Clubs &
> Gymnasiums (42)', 'Health Fitness Clubs', 'Name', 'Atlanta city guide',
> 'edit address', 'Tweet', 'PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS',
> 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS',
> 'www.custombuiltpt.com/', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE',
> 'www.lafitness.com', 'GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS',
> 'www.lafitness.com', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'www.lafitness.com',
> 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE &
> PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS &
> GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS',
> '5', '4', '3', '2', '1', 'Yellow Pages', 'About Us', 'Contact Us',
> 'Support', 'Terms of Use', 'Privacy Policy', 'Advertise With Us',
> 'Add/Update Listing', 'Business Profile Login', 'F.A.Q.']
>
> down to
>
> ['PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS',
> 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'GYMNASIUMS',
> 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS
> TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS
> PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS
> & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS']
Sometimes regular expressions are the tool to do the job:
Given:
>>> input = [u'Espa\xf1ol', 'Health & Fitness Clubs (36)', 'Health Clubs & Gymnasiums (42)', 'Health Fitness Clubs', 'Name', 'Atlanta city guide', 'edit address', 'Tweet', 'PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'www.custombuiltpt.com/', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'www.lafitness.com', 'GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'www.lafitness.com', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'www.lafitness.com', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS', '5', '4', '3', '2', '1', 'Yellow Pages', 'About Us', 'Contact Us', 'Support', 'Terms of Use', 'Privacy Policy', 'Advertise With Us', 'Add/Update Listing', 'Business Profile Login', 'F.A.Q.']
Then:
>>> pattern = re.compile(r"^[A-Z\s&]+$")
>>> output = [x for x in list if pattern.match(x)]
>>> output
['PHYSICAL FITNESS CONSULTANTS & TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS',
'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'RACQUETBALL COURTS PRIVATE', 'GYMNASIUMS',
'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'HEALTH & FITNESS CLUBS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS
TRAINERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'EXERCISE & PHYSICAL FITNESS
PROGRAMS', 'FITNESS CENTERS', 'HEALTH CLUBS & GYMNASIUMS', 'HEALTH CLUBS
& GYMNASIUMS', 'PERSONAL FITNESS TRAINERS']
--
Stephen Hansen
m e @ i x o k a i . i o
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