hi,

i would like to parse an input file (input.txt) into output file (output.txt) which i'll into excel. appreciate any advice on how to parse the input.txt into output.txt.

thanks
johnny

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What are the rules on the data you want kept?
From what I see it's:
1) Delete the header
2) Ignore ALL punctuation (except asterisk * )
3) Ignore all text after the last parenthesis
4) If it contains "output" also ignore the last field

Is that correct?

hi, the rules are:
1) either remove the header or keep it as below format
2) Ignore ALL punctuation (except asterisk * )
3) Ignore all text after the last parenthesis
the end result is:
num cell port function safe ccell
17 BC_1 CLK input X
16 BC_1 OC_NEG input X
16 BC_1 * control 1
15 BC_1 D1 input X
14 BC_1 D2 input X
13 BC_1 D3 input X
12 BC_1 D4 input X
11 BC_1 D5 input X
10 BC_1 D6 input X
9 BC_1 D7 input X
8 BC_1 D8 input X
7 BC_1 Q1 output3 X 16 1
6 BC_1 Q2 output3 X 16 1
5 BC_1 Q3 output3 X 16 1
4 BC_1 Q4 output3 X 16 1
3 BC_1 Q5 output3 X 16 1
2 BC_1 Q6 output3 X 16 1
1 BC_1 Q7 output3 X 16 1
0 BC_1 Q8 output3 X 16 1

i tried but it gave index error due to last sentence is longer than the initial sentence. not sure how to proceed, pls help. tq

import re
lines=open("input.txt",'r').readlines()

for line in lines:
    a=re.findall(r'\w+',line)
    print re.findall(r'\w+',line)
    print a[0],a[1],a[2],a[3],a[4],a[5],a[6]

Well, this is not very elegant, but it's functional:

import re

fileIn = open("input.txt", "rb")
fileOut = open("output.txt", "wb")

for strData in fileIn:
    strData = strData.split('-')[0]
    if("input" in strData):
        a=re.split("\W+", strData)
        fileOut.write(a[1]+' '+a[2]+' '+a[3]+' '+a[4]+' '+a[5]+' '+a[6]+'\n')
   
    if("output" in strData):
        a=re.split("\W+", strData)
        fileOut.write(a[1]+' '+a[2]+' '+a[3]+' '+a[4]+' '+a[5]+' '+a[6]+' '+a[7]+' '+a[8]+'\n')
       
fileOut.close()
fileIn.close()

great. the output is right. it's strange though when i open using output.txt using notepad, it shows:
17 BC_1 CLK input X 16 BC_1 OC_NEG input X 15 BC_1 D 1

but when i use other editor like wordpad it shows (which is what i want)
17 BC_1 CLK input X
16 BC_1 OC_NEG input X
15 BC_1 D 1

i also notice that in the code already inserted \n so it should write to a new line,not sure why notepad is showing differently.

anyway this certainly works. do you mind explaining the logic of your code, i'm trying to understand why there are 2 ifs. and the meaning of a=re.split("\W+", ?

thanks a lot

great. the output is right. it's strange though when i open using output.txt using notepad, it shows:
17 BC_1 CLK input X 16 BC_1 OC_NEG input X 15 BC_1 D 1

but when i use other editor like wordpad it shows (which is what i want)
17 BC_1 CLK input X
16 BC_1 OC_NEG input X
15 BC_1 D 1

i also notice that in the code already inserted \n so it should write to a new line,not sure why notepad is showing differently.

anyway this certainly works. do you mind explaining the logic of your code, i'm trying to understand why there are 2 ifs. and the meaning of a=re.split("\W+", ?

thanks a lot

About the end of line issue, try to open the output file in mode "w" instead of "wb" to see if it changes something.

you are right, it works after i use the 'w' option instead of 'wb'. any comment why notepad view differently? tq

you are right, it works after i use the 'w' option instead of 'wb'. any comment why notepad view differently? tq

See the doc of os.linesep for more information.

Also a[1]+' '+a[2]+' '+a[3]+' '+a[4]+' '+a[5]+' '+a[6] is best written ' '.join(a[1:7])

tq

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