structured text parser.
example 1:
source: :
[Q] This is a question.
[A] This is an answer.
[Q] This is a question2.
# This is comment
[A] This is an answer2.parsed:
[
{
'Q': 'This is a question.',
'A': 'This is an answer.',
},
{
'Q': 'This is a question2.',
'A': 'This is an answer2.',
},
]- If the same key appeared, Next record.
- Actuary, output is OrderedDict list. Not Dict list.
source: :
[Key1]
Value1
[Key2]
Value2
----
[Key3]
Value3
next line
next line
[Key4]
Value4 4!
[Key5]
Value5parsed:
[
{
'Key1': 'Value1',
'Key2': 'Value2',
},
{
'Key3': 'Value3\nnext line\nnext line',
'Key4': 'Value4 4!',
'Key5': 'Value5',
}- Whitespace trimmed.
- "----" (Hyphens >= 4) is list separator.
import verticaltable
fp = open('sample.txt')
parsed_list = verticaltable.loads(fp.read())
parsed_list2 = verticaltable.load(open('sample2.txt'))
