newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

[Eric_Dexter]

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

[PetDragon]

Sounds like you need to use html parser, check it out in the
documentation.. ..

<Er*********@ms n.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ i3g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

[Eric_Dexter]

PetDragon wrote:

Sounds like you need to use html parser, check it out in the
documentation.. ..

<Er*********@ms n.comwrote in message
news:11******** **************@ i3g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

I will look into that a little bit since that is so html like... maybe
some of the examples can lead me in the right direction on alot of it..

http://www.dexrow.com

[Simon Forman]

Er*********@msn .com wrote:

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

If you're dealing with html or html-like files, do check out
beautifulsoup. I had reason to use it the other day and man is it ever
useful!

Meantime, there are a few minor points about the code you posted:

1) open() defaults to 'r', you can leave it out when you call open() to
read a file.

2) 'file' is a builtin type (it's the type of file objects returned by
open()) so you shouldn't use it as a variable name.

3) file objects don't have a read_until() method. You could say
something like:

f = open(filename)
lines = []
for line in f:
lines.append(li ne)
if '</CsInstruments>' in line:
break

4) filename[-3:] will give you the last 3 chars in filename. I'm
guessing that you want all but the last 3 chars, that's filename[:-3],
but see the os.path.splitex t() function, and indeed the other
functions in os.path too:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-os.path.html

5) the regular expression objects returned by re.compile() will always
evaluate True, so you want to call their search() method on the data to
search:

if not pattern1.search (line):

But, 6) using re for a pattern as simple as "</" is way overkill. Just
use 'in' or the find() method of strings:

if "</" not in line:

or:

pos = line.find("</")
if pos == -1:
print >>orcfilename , line
else:
print >>orcfilename , line[:pos]

7) the "print >file" usage requires a file (or file-like object,
anything with a write() method I think) not a string. You need to use
it like this:

orcfile = open(orcfilenam e, 'w')
#...
print >orcfile, line

8) If you have a list of lines anyway, you can use the writelines()
method of files to write them in one go:

open(orcfilenam e, 'w').writelines (lines)

of course stripping out your unwanted data from that last line using
find() as shown above.

I hope this helps.

Check out the docs on file objects:
http://docs.python.org/lib/bltin-file-objects.html, but like I said,
if you're dealing with html or html-like files, be sure to check out
beautifulsoup. Also, there's the elementtree package for parsing XML
that could help here too.

~Simon

[Anthra Norell]

Eric,
Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find them challenging even if I don't really have time to
get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the
challenge of guessing what you mean.
I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which to operate, the same data the way it should look in
the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points that might not be obvious to a reader who knows nothing
about your mission.

Frederic

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From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
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To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[Eric_Dexter]

Anthra Norell wrote:

Eric,
Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find them challenging even if I don't really have time to
get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the
challenge of guessing what you mean.
I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which to operate, the same data the way it should look in
the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points that might not be obvious to a reader who knows nothing
about your mission.

Frederic

----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

sorry about that this is a link to a discription of the format
http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csoun...ndunifile.html
It is possible to have more than one instr defined in an .csd file so I
would need to look for that string also if I want to seperate the
instruments out.

http://www.dexrow.com

[Gabriel Genellina]

At Sunday 27/8/2006 18:35, Er*********@msn .com wrote:

(This code don't even compile...!)

>def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")

file is not a good name - hides the builtin type of the same name.
Same for dict, list...

alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )

read_until???

pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"

perhaps you want filename[:-3]+"orc"?

for line in alllines:
if not pattern1

if not pattern1.search (line):

print >>orcfilename , line

Open the output file before the loop, and use its write() method here

>I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

Good job for Beautiful Soup: http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/

Gabriel Genellina
Softlab SRL

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[Anthra Norell]

Dexter,

I looked at the format specification. It contains an example:

-----------------------------------------------

<CsoundSynthesi zer>;
; test.csd - a Csound structured data file

<CsOptions>
-W -d -o tone.wav
</CsOptions>

<CsVersion ;optional section
Before 4.10 ;these two statements check for
After 4.08 ; Csound version 4.09
</CsVersion>

<CsInstrument s>
; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
instr 1
a1 oscil p4, p5, 1 ; simple oscillator
out a1
endin
</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>
; originally tone.sco
f1 0 8192 10 1
i1 0 1 20000 1000 ;play one second of one kHz tone
e
</CsScore>

</CsoundSynthesiz er>

-------------------------------------

If I understand correctly you want to write the instruments block to a file (from <CsInstrumentst o </CsInstruments>) ? Right? Or
each block to its own file in case there are several?. You want your code to generate the file names? Can you confirm this or
explain it differently?

Regards

Frederic
----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

>
Anthra Norell wrote:

Eric,
Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find them challenging even if I don't really have time

to

get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the
challenge of guessing what you mean.
I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which to operate, the same data the way it should look

in

the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points that might not be obvious to a reader who knows

nothing

about your mission.

Frederic

----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line
>
I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine
>
I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.
>
thanks for any help in advance
>
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

sorry about that this is a link to a discription of the format
http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csoun...ndunifile.html
It is possible to have more than one instr defined in an .csd file so I
would need to look for that string also if I want to seperate the
instruments out.

http://www.dexrow.com

--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

[Eric_Dexter]

Anthra Norell wrote:

Dexter,

I looked at the format specification. It contains an example:

-----------------------------------------------

<CsoundSynthesi zer>;
; test.csd - a Csound structured data file

<CsOptions>
-W -d -o tone.wav
</CsOptions>

<CsVersion ;optional section
Before 4.10 ;these two statements check for
After 4.08 ; Csound version 4.09
</CsVersion>

<CsInstrument s>
; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
instr 1
a1 oscil p4, p5, 1 ; simple oscillator
out a1
endin
</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>
; originally tone.sco
f1 0 8192 10 1
i1 0 1 20000 1000 ;play one second of one kHz tone
e
</CsScore>

</CsoundSynthesiz er>

-------------------------------------

If I understand correctly you want to write the instruments block to a file (from <CsInstrumentst o </CsInstruments>) ? Right? Or
each block to its own file in case there are several?. You want your code to generate the file names? Can you confirm this or
explain it differently?

Regards

Frederic
----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

Anthra Norell wrote:

Eric,
Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find them challenging even if I don't really have time

to

get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the
challenge of guessing what you mean.
I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which to operate, the same data the way it should look

in

the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points that might not be obvious to a reader who knows

nothing

about your mission.
>
Frederic
>
----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file
>
>
def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line

I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine

I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.

thanks for any help in advance

--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

sorry about that this is a link to a discription of the format
http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csoun...ndunifile.html
It is possible to have more than one instr defined in an .csd file so I
would need to look for that string also if I want to seperate the
instruments out.

http://www.dexrow.com

--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

I need to take it between the blocks only I also need to make sure I
only take one instrument
defined in this example with the code instr 1 I also need the code

<CsInstrument s>

; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

regardless of what instrument I take. The function would have to
except the instrument number as an argument

http://www.dexrow.com

[Simon Forman]

Er*********@msn .com wrote:

Anthra Norell wrote:

Dexter,

I looked at the format specification. It contains an example:

-----------------------------------------------

<CsoundSynthesi zer>;
; test.csd - a Csound structured data file

<CsOptions>
-W -d -o tone.wav
</CsOptions>

<CsVersion ;optional section
Before 4.10 ;these two statements check for
After 4.08 ; Csound version 4.09
</CsVersion>

<CsInstrument s>
; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
instr 1
a1 oscil p4, p5, 1 ; simple oscillator
out a1
endin
</CsInstruments>

<CsScore>
; originally tone.sco
f1 0 8192 10 1
i1 0 1 20000 1000 ;play one second of one kHz tone
e
</CsScore>

</CsoundSynthesiz er>

-------------------------------------

If I understand correctly you want to write the instruments block to a file (from <CsInstrumentst o </CsInstruments>) ? Right? Or
each block to its own file in case there are several?. You want your code to generate the file names? Can you confirm this or
explain it differently?

Regards

Frederic
----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file

>
Anthra Norell wrote:
Eric,
Having played around with problems of this kind for quite some time I find them challenging even if I don't really have time

to

get sidetracked. Your description of the problem makes it all the more challenging, because its 'expressionist' quality adds the
challenge of guessing what you mean.
I'd like to take a look at your data, if you would post a segment on which to operate, the same data the way it should look

in

the end. In most cases this is pretty self-explanatory. Explain the points that might not be obvious to a reader who knows

nothing

about your mission.

Frederic

----- Original Message -----
From: <Er*********@ms n.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.pytho n
To: <py*********@py thon.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:35 PM
Subject: newbe question about removing items from one file to another file


def simplecsdtoorc( filename):
file = open(filename," r")
alllines = file.read_until ("</CsInstruments>" )
pattern1 = re.compile("</")
orcfilename = filename[-3:] + "orc"
for line in alllines:
if not pattern1
print >>orcfilename , line
>
I am pretty sure my code isn't close to what I want. I need to be able
to skip html like commands from <definedto <undefinedand to key on
another word in adition to </CsInstrumentsto end the routine
>
I was also looking at se 2.2 beta but didn't see any easy way to use it
for this or for that matter search and replace where I could just add
it as a menu item and not worry about it.
>
thanks for any help in advance
>
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
>
sorry about that this is a link to a discription of the format
http://kevindumpscore.com/docs/csoun...ndunifile.html
It is possible to have more than one instr defined in an .csd file so I
would need to look for that string also if I want to seperate the
instruments out.
>
http://www.dexrow.com
>
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

I need to take it between the blocks only I also need to make sure I
only take one instrument
defined in this example with the code instr 1 I also need the code

<CsInstrument s>

; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1

regardless of what instrument I take. The function would have to
except the instrument number as an argument

http://www.dexrow.com

Using BeautifulSoup and the interactive interpreter, I figured out the
following script in about 15 minutes:

# s is a string containing the example file from above.

from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulStoneS oup

soup = BeautifulStoneS oup(s)
csin = soup.contents[0].contents[5]
lines = csin.string.spl itlines()

print csin.string

It prints:

; originally tone.orc
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 1
instr 1
a1 oscil p4, p5, 1 ; simple oscillator
out a1
endin
and of course you could say "lines = csin.string.spl itlines()" to get a
list of the lines. That doesn't take you all the way, but it's
something.

Hope that helps,
Peace,
~Simon