Jeff Shipman wrote: > I'm reading a file that has a kind of mark-up > language, and I'm supposed to convert it all > to HTML. No problem, really, it's no that > hard of a mark-up language, but there are a > couple things for which I'm sure python has > some tricks that would make life easier which > I don't know about. Sounds like a Wiki. Are we doing your homework? > My question is: is there an easy way to find all > of these different patters and surround the proper > text? Note that things inside quotes are not > touched. So, if I had ""my '''text'''"", that > would output <BLOCKQUOTE>my '''text'''</BLOCKQUOTE>. > I know that python must have something handy for > this besides going through character-by-character > and keeping track of my current location. > Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to use regular expressions. Doh! This *is* your homework! Does this newsgroup query count as effective use of resources, or as unfair assistance? :-) I'll restrain myself to the following hint: Look at the string module, specifically string.find(). Good luck! -Steve -- Steve Purcell, Pythangelist Get testing at http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not necessarily those of Yahoo
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