simple string search and replace

[Kun]

hey guys, here's my code,

senders = [('460 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)] {46}', 'From: Friend
<[email protected]>\r\n\r\n'), ')', ('462 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS
(FROM)] {37}', 'From: Kun <[email protected]>\r\n\r\n'), ')']
print senders
parsed_senders = []
sender = ""
for item in senders:
if isinstance(item,tuple):
item= ''.join(item)
if item==')':
parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:].strip())
sender = ""
else:
sender+=item
print parsed_senders




wondering if anyone knows how i can remove the '>'s from the list, which
outputs to something like ['(e-mail address removed)>', '(e-mail address removed)>']

 

[bearophileHUGS]

Generally, to remove a substring (like ">") from a string you can use
the replace method (that returns a new string):
'...anon.wharton.com...'

You can use it with something like:
print [s.replace(">", "") for s in parsed_senders]

or you can put the replace() somewhere in the main loop.

Probably to solve your problem there are other solutions, like using a
RE to find email addresses inside the string...

Bye,
bearophile

 

[Steve Holden]

hey guys, here's my code,

senders = [('460 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS (FROM)] {46}', 'From: Friend
<[email protected]>\r\n\r\n'), ')', ('462 (BODY[HEADER.FIELDS
(FROM)] {37}', 'From: Kun <[email protected]>\r\n\r\n'), ')']
print senders
parsed_senders = []
sender = ""
for item in senders:
if isinstance(item,tuple):
item= ''.join(item)
if item==')':
parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:].strip())
sender = ""
else:
sender+=item
print parsed_senders




wondering if anyone knows how i can remove the '>'s from the list, which
outputs to something like ['(e-mail address removed)>', '(e-mail address removed)>']

Where you append to parsed_senders, replace

sender[sender.find('<')+1:]

with

sender[sender.find('<')+1:-1]

and that will use a string one shorter, omitting the ">" character.

regards
Steve

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

if item==')':
parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:].strip())
sender = ""
else:
sender+=item
print parsed_senders




wondering if anyone knows how i can remove the '>'s from the list, which
outputs to something like ['(e-mail address removed)>', '(e-mail address removed)>']

Might I suggest reading the Python Tutorial? The sections on string
manipulation, perhaps...

You remove the last character the same way you ignored the first...
my not including it in the range of characters to be copied.

parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:].strip()[:-1])

NOTE: I put the [:-1] after the .strip() on the presumption that you do
have trailing spaces that have to be removed first, and THEN need to
remove the last one.

If there are no trailing whitespace, you don't need the .strip() and
could use:

parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<')+1:-1])

OR, again if there are no trailing whitespace (and I would hope the
email formatting didn't put whitespace inside the <...>)

parsed_senders.append(sender[sender.find('<'):].strip("<>"))

--

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Pardon...

my not including it in the range of characters to be copied.

by not...
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