I have tried several things, but I just can't get this to work. What I need is a snippet which scans a program for value X, and then simply assigns a varible within the python script to the X value. I'm new to Python, but not to programming. Please be patient with me. Thanks in advance!
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Jump to PostExplain what you mean by "scans a program". Do you mean communicate with a running program ? Or scan a text file?
Jump to PostHere is a general example you can adopt, let us know if it works for your case:
# using module subprocess to pass arguments to and from an # external program import subprocess # put in the corresponding strings for # "mycmd" --> external program name # …
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Good post, well commented, although not exactly what I was looking for ;)
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