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	pycage	2010-05-31 , 18:41
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Originally Posted by kevinm2k

Hi,

Im just starting development in PyQT, and I have quite a basic thing i'm trying to do which I would find quite easy using something like PHP, but i'm struggling with python.

Not sure if im posting in correct place.. but

Basically I have a string like the following:

name:Example;
link:www.google.com;
datetime:20100209
|
name:Example2;
link:www.yahoo.co.uk;
datetime:20090808

So each result is seperated by a pipe (|) and key value pairs are seperated by a semi colon, then by a colon.

I want the ability to put these in to some kind of array so I can create a results page with lets say the following:

Result 1
Name: Example
Link: www.google.com
Datetime: 20100209

Result 2
Name: Example2
Link: www.yahoo.co.uk
Datetime: 20090808

Could someone help me with this snippet?

Thanks

Something like this...

Code:

for result in data.split("|"):
  for line in result.split("\n"):
    idx = line.find(":")
    key = line[:idx]
    value = line[idx + 1:]
    print "%s: %s" % (key, value)

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