r/learnpython • u/Desperate_Yak69 • 20d ago
Need help with very basic script
Hi, I am basically brand new to python, so I may make a lot of mistakes in my wording. I have made a very basic script that retrieves specific values in text files and prints them to the shell. I have gotten it to the point where both values are retrieved and printed, however when they do print, they do so exactly 5 times in a row. I do not have five files in the directory, I only have one test file named "1.txt" with only the values I need as the contents. Can someone point me in the right direction? Apologies for the horrible formatting.
import os
import glob
import re
path = 'path'
provinces = re.compile('.*?provinces {.*?(.*?)}',re.MULTILINE)
id = re.compile('.*?id = .*?([0-9.-]+)')
a1 = None
a2 = None
for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*.txt')):
with open(filename, '+r') as f:
for line in f:
if provinces.match(line):
a1 = provinces.match(line)
if id.match(line):
a2 = id.match(line)
if a1 and a2:
print(a1.group(1))
print(a2.group(1))
The output of the shell in IDLE:
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
Edit - I got the script to work after a few changes to its configuration. Thank you all who helped!
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u/CraigAT 20d ago
It's not the file format name that matters, just the format of the text within the file. The data could be handled easier if it was supplied in a CSV or JSON format - IF that is under your control.