Parsing text in Python

[Desperado2006]

Hello! I am newbee in Python, who knows how to parse such text

â Mid From Subject Cat. Flags
1 Cell Bills <savings@postsl ide.com>
Get Cell Phone bills Paid for 1 Year ($1800 Value)
2 Roxie Mckee <QXQGSOTBS@durh amunified.org>
Bill Gates got one
3 MakeoverYourHom e <cozy@traintree .com>
Grab 1500 bucks to Pottery Barn - details inside
4 Optimum Approvals <needmoney@styl etarget.com>
$10,000 USD Credit Line  No Credit Check  Everyone is Approved

into such strings [[1,2,3,4],[1,2,3,4]] where
1 - Number
2 - name
3 - email
4 - message header

I am wondering how to use re module here.
Please help me

[bartonc]

Hello! I am newbee in Python, who knows how to parse such text




into such strings [[1,2,3,4],[1,2,3,4]] where
1 - Number
2 - name
3 - email
4 - message header

I am wondering how to use re module here.
Please help me

Yes, you will want to use the re module in order to parse such things. The module is quite simple to use, but first you must understand the Regular Expression language in order to write the regex to accomplish your task.

[bartonc]

Yes, you will want to use the re module in order to parse such things. The module is quite simple to use, but first you must understand the Regular Expression language in order to write the regex to accomplish your task.

Regular-Expression.info is a good place to start with that.