Using group in regex in python

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I am taking an input text and a pattern from the user. Text is in the tabular format. Depending on the users choice, I want the code to give me all the columns of the row the user has selected using pattern. Eg. Text:

Name            Age            Sex          Address
ABC             22             Male         Bangalore
XYZ             34             Female       Hyderabad

Now the user gives input as 'XYZ' and the text given above. I want a code that would fetch me all the results i.e. 34,Female,Hyderabad in a list or in different variables. I tried using group but I am not able to understand how would I use group in this. Since 'XYZ' is given by the user, assumne it to be stored in a variable 'pattern'

I agree, don't use a regex for this. The csv module is ideal for this. If Name is a unique identifier, then you just need a csv.reader() object and apply {row[0]: row[1:] for row in reader} to it. — Tim Pietzcker
– Tim Pietzcker, Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 6:26
@Biffen am new to python and I did not know about it. Thank you very much for your help. — Vipul
– Vipul, Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 6:35

Aakash · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-03 06:48:34Z

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You Can use this :

data=[]

inp=input()
data.append(inp.split(' '))

"""Now your first entry is data[0]
To get name , use data[0][0]
To get age , use data[0][1]
To get sex , use data[0][2]
and so on....
For 2nd Entry use :
To get name , use data[1][0]
To get age , use data[1][1]
To get sex , use data[1][2] """

You can put the code in a loop to get n entries. Hope this helps

edited Mar 3, 2015 at 6:48

answered Mar 3, 2015 at 6:37

Aakash

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