string_grab
Extract one or multiple substrings between two start and end strings.
Functions: grab, grab_all, grab_until, grab_after, inject, inject_until, inject_after.
from string_grab import grab
text = '''Gender: female
Race: White
Birthday: 3/23/1973
Mobile: 715-523-1076
Mobile: 715-563-3967
Street: 4674 Lynn Avenue
City, State, Zip: Eau Claire, Wisconsin(WI), 54701'''
birthday = grab(text, start='Birthday: ', end='\n')
print(birthday)
>> '3/23/1973'Main functions
grab
Returns the first substring between two 'start' and 'end' strings.
Variants: grab_all, grab_until, grab_after.
grab('John likes apples.',
start='John likes ',
end='.')
>> 'apples'inject
Inserts a substring, replacing everything between two 'start' and 'end' strings.
Variants: inject_until, inject_after.
inject('John likes apples.',
'oranges',
start='John likes ',
end='.')
>> 'John likes oranges.'grab variants
grab_all
Yields all substrings between two 'start' and 'end' strings.
See grab.
results = grab_all('John likes apples. John likes oranges.',
start='likes ',
end='.')
list(results)
>> ['apples', 'oranges']grab_until
Returns everything before the 'end' string.
See grab.
grab_until('John likes apples.',
end=' likes')
>> 'John'grab_after
Returns everything after the 'start' string.
See grab.
grab_after('John likes apples.',
start='likes ')
>> 'apples.'inject variants
inject_until
Inserts a substring, replacing everything before the 'end' string.
See inject.
inject_until('John likes apples.',
'Sarah',
end=' likes')
>> 'Sarah likes apples.'inject_after
Inserts a substring, replacing everything after the 'start' string.
See inject.
inject_after('Sarah likes apples.',
'oranges.',
start='likes ')
>> 'Sarah likes oranges.'
