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parsing text with ply (lex/yacc) tool - bb8 - Feb-24-2018
i need to parse a file which contains some kind of data. i've looked at tutorials but i'm a little bit confused how to apply it to my case.
so the file is going to contain something like this (i'm putting the types of the data):
string number string number number number date/time string char number number number number number number number number number number string # comment ...these are the values. each mean something. but as you can see i don't have key-value pairs here. that is why i'm confused how to do it all.
please help!
RE: parsing text with ply (lex/yacc) tool - nilamo - Feb-24-2018
If the only keys you have for the values are which line they're on, then you probably can't use a tool. You'll need to open the file, and process it line-by-line into whatever format you want.
RE: parsing text with ply (lex/yacc) tool - bb8 - Feb-25-2018
the file consists of, say 1000 such records that have the same structure as above. what about that? can i give a structure as a rule?