I am new to python and I am confused as to why when I try to
concatenate 3 strings, it isn't working properly.
Here is the code:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
import string
import sys
import re
import urllib
linkArray = []
srcArray = []
website = sys.argv[1]
urllib.urlretri eve(website, 'getfile.txt')
filename = "getfile.tx t"
input = open(filename, 'r')
reg1 = re.compile('hre f=".*"')
reg3 = re.compile('".* ?"')
reg4 = re.compile('htt p')
Line = input.readline( )
while Line:
searchstring1 = reg1.search(Lin e)
if searchstring1:
rawlink = searchstring1.g roup()
link = reg3.search(raw link).group()
link2 = link.split('"')
cleanlink = link2[1:2]
fullink = reg4.search(str (cleanlink))
if fullink:
linkArray.appen d(cleanlink)
else:
cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + str(cleanlink)
linkArray.appen d(cleanlink2)
Line = input.readline( )
print linkArray
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I get this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/['index.html']",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/['ramblings.html ']",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/['sluggies.html']",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']"]
instead of this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/index.html]",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/ramblings.html]",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/sluggies.html]",
"http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]"]
The concatenation isn't working the way I expected it to. I suspect
that I am screwing up by mixing types, but I can't see where...
I would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Thanks. 4 993
On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:34:25 GMT, colonel <th******@camel richard.org>
wrote: I am new to python and I am confused as to why when I try to concatenate 3 strings, it isn't working properly.
Here is the code:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import string import sys import re import urllib
linkArray = [] srcArray = [] website = sys.argv[1]
urllib.urlretr ieve(website, 'getfile.txt')
filename = "getfile.tx t" input = open(filename, 'r') reg1 = re.compile('hre f=".*"') reg3 = re.compile('".* ?"') reg4 = re.compile('htt p') Line = input.readline( )
while Line: searchstring1 = reg1.search(Lin e) if searchstring1: rawlink = searchstring1.g roup() link = reg3.search(raw link).group() link2 = link.split('"') cleanlink = link2[1:2] fullink = reg4.search(str (cleanlink)) if fullink: linkArray.appen d(cleanlink) else: cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + str(cleanlink) linkArray.appen d(cleanlink2) Line = input.readline( )
print linkArray -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I get this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/['index.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['ramblings.html ']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['sluggies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']"]
instead of this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/index.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/ramblings.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/sluggies.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]"]
The concatenation isn't working the way I expected it to. I suspect that I am screwing up by mixing types, but I can't see where...
I would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Thanks.
Okay. It works if I change:
fullink = reg4.search(str (cleanlink))
if fullink:
linkArray.appen d(cleanlink)
else:
cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + str(cleanlink)
to
fullink = reg4.search(cle anlink[0])
if fullink:
linkArray.appen d(cleanlink[0])
else:
cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + cleanlink[0]
so can anyone tell me why "cleanlink" gets coverted to a list? Is it
during the slicing?
Thanks.
colonel wrote: On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:34:25 GMT, colonel <th******@camel richard.org> wrote:
I am new to python and I am confused as to why when I try to concatenate 3 strings, it isn't working properly.
Here is the code:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ import string import sys import re import urllib
linkArray = [] srcArray = [] website = sys.argv[1]
urllib.urlret rieve(website, 'getfile.txt')
filename = "getfile.tx t" input = open(filename, 'r') reg1 = re.compile('hre f=".*"') reg3 = re.compile('".* ?"') reg4 = re.compile('htt p') Line = input.readline( )
while Line: searchstring1 = reg1.search(Lin e) if searchstring1: rawlink = searchstring1.g roup() link = reg3.search(raw link).group() link2 = link.split('"') cleanlink = link2[1:2] fullink = reg4.search(str (cleanlink)) if fullink: linkArray.appen d(cleanlink) else: cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + str(cleanlink) linkArray.appen d(cleanlink2) Line = input.readline( )
print linkArray -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I get this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/['index.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['ramblings.html ']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['sluggies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']"]
instead of this:
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/index.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/ramblings.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/sluggies.html]", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/movies.html]"]
The concatenation isn't working the way I expected it to. I suspect that I am screwing up by mixing types, but I can't see where...
I would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Thanks. Okay. It works if I change:
fullink = reg4.search(str (cleanlink)) if fullink: linkArray.appen d(cleanlink) else: cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + str(cleanlink)
to
fullink = reg4.search(cle anlink[0]) if fullink: linkArray.appen d(cleanlink[0]) else: cleanlink2 = str(website) + "/" + cleanlink[0]
so can anyone tell me why "cleanlink" gets coverted to a list? Is it during the slicing?
Thanks.
The statement
cleanlink = link2[1:2]
results in a list of one element. If you want to accesss element one
(the second in the list) then use
cleanlink = link2[1]
regards
Steve
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"colonel" <th******@camel richard.org> wrote in message
news:cu******** *************** *********@4ax.c om... so can anyone tell me why "cleanlink" gets coverted to a list? Is it during the slicing?
Steve answered for you, but for next time, you could find out faster by
either using the all-purpose debuging tool known as 'print' or, with
Python, the handy-dandy interactive window: [1,2,3][1:2]
[2]
Terry J. Reedy
On Wednesday 07 September 2005 11:34 am, colonel wrote: I am new to python and I am confused as to why when I try to concatenate 3 strings, it isn't working properly.
Here is the code:
I'm not taking the time to really study it, but at first
glance, the code looks like it's probably much more
complicated than it needs to be.
["http://www.slugnuts.co m/['index.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['ramblings.html ']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['sluggies.html']", "http://www.slugnuts.co m/['movies.html']"]
The tail end of that is the string representation of
a list containing one string, not of that string. I
suspect you needed to use ''.join() somewhere. Or,
you could, in principle have indexed the list, since
you only want one member of it, e.g.: ['index.html'][0]
'index.html'
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