TypeError: unhashable type: 'list'
David L Neil
DomainAdmin at DancesWithMice.info
Wed Oct 23 04:11:45 EDT 2019
On 23/10/19 8:51 PM, joseph pareti wrote:
> I am experimnenting with this (reproducer) code:
> pattern_eur = ['Total amount']
> mylines = [] # Declare an empty list.
> with open ('tmp0.txt', 'rt') as myfile: # Open tmp.txt for reading text.
> for myline in myfile: # For each line in the file,
> mylines.append(myline.rstrip('\n')) # strip newline and add to list.
> for element in mylines: # For each element in the list,
> match_C = re.search(pattern_eur, element)
> if match_C:
> element = element + 2
> print(element)
> --------------
> the input file being:
> $ cat tmp0.txt
> line 0
> line 1
> Total amount
>
> 50000.00
> linex
...
> My intent is to locate the line containing "Total amount", skip the next
> line, then print the eur value. The program terminates as follows:
...
> Thanks for any insigths --
The first observation is that the two for loops are essentially
identical, so why not condense?
However, what is described may be calling for a solution called "a
finite state machine":
state 1: ignore unwanted data, until "Total amount" is found
state 2: skip blank line
state 3: grab the Euro value, and return to state 1
Being a simple-boy, I would avoid any reg-ex, because:
myline[ :11 ] == "Total amount"
is easier (and faster). Similarly, there is no need for rstrip-ping
except at "state 3" (unless there are particular rules for the
formatting of the total).
Another thought is that the problem is being visualised as a series of
lines and this may complicate things. If instead, a "buffer" or indeed
the entire file, could be read at a time (which is current code, per
first comment above), the string.find() method could be employed
(replacing "state 1"), and then (implicit assumption about spacing here)
"state 2" becomes a matter of moving a few characters 'along', before
grabbing the total; rinse and repeat...
Web-ref:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-state_machine
--
Regards =dn
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