re.split and returning an array question (or a list)

[eric dexter]

I apologise if I annoy in advance. This is very close to what I want but I need to return a list of instr_numbers not just one and it seems that no matter what I do I just get two items from a split and not the three I need.. What I am getting not is just the last instr number and the comment (Maybe a bug in my re or in the split) thanks in advance for the help. The .csd text file that I am using to test this is available if needed at https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=156455&package_id=202823&re lease_id=452665

def csdInstrumentList(from_file):                  
    "Returns a list of .csd instruments and any comment lines after the instrument"
    infile = open(from_file, 'r') 
    temp_number = 0
    for line in infile:
        if 'instr' in line:
            s = re.split(r' +',line,3)
            instr_number = s[1]
    return instr_number      
 

[ghostdog74]

there's no need to use re right?

def csdInstrumentList(from_file):                  
    "Returns a list of .csd instruments and any comment lines after the instrument"
    infile = open(from_file)
    instr_number=[]
    for line in infile:
        if 'instr' in line:            
        line = line.replace("  " ," ").replace("\t","")
            s = line.split(";")                             
            instr_number.append(s[0])
    return instr_number
 

[eric dexter]

I cross posted this and almost came close to returning two lists with re but all I can get is the first number and comment. I am trying the other the replace I am thinking through though..
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....19bfc9c2c408f2

  "Returns a list of .csd instruments and any comment lines after the instrument"
    infile = open(from_file, 'r') 
    temp = 0
    s = []
 
    regex = r"\s*instr\s+([0-9]+)\s*(;.*)?"
    test = re.compile(regex)
    for line in infile:
        res = test.match(line)
        if res:
             return [res.group(1), res.group(2)] 
 

[eric dexter]

thanks That was fantastic I changed it a little and probily need to strip some off of it.

 
def csdInstrumentList3(from_file):                  
    "Returns a list of .csd instruments and any comment lines after the instrument"
    infile = open(from_file)
    instr_number=[]
    comments = []
    for line in infile:
        if 'instr' in line:            
        line = line.replace("  " ," ").replace("\t","")
            s = line.split(";")       
            ins = s[0]               #grab the split instr number
            con = ins.split(" ")        #split it again
            v = int(con[1])              #convert it to an int    
            instr_number.append(v) #add to the list
            comments.append(s[1])
    return instr_number, comments