Python regex parsing and putting into a multidimensional list

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I know that regex is the way to go here but I am woeful at writing regex expressions. I have a file where each line looks like this: "defenders\t2\n" and I want to remove the \t and the \n and put the word "defenders" into the [0] of my multidimensional list and put the number "2" in the [1] of my list. Is there an easy regex way to do this in python?

import re

d = []
with open("somefile.txt") as f:
    for line in f:
       word = re.search()
       rank = re.search()
       d.append([word][rank])

This is what I am trying but I do not know how to make it work. Thanks for the help.

Ashwini Chaudhary · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-02 19:31:01Z

1

Just use str.split:

>>> "defenders\t2\n".split()
['defenders', '2']

To get a list using regex, you need to use re.findall:

>>> import re
>>> re.findall(r'\S+', "defenders\t2\n")
['defenders', '2']

answered Oct 2, 2013 at 19:31

Ashwini Chaudhary

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C0deH4cker Over a year ago

And if he wants line[1] to be an int instead of a string, just do line[1] = int(line[1])

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