Regular Expressions and RFC 822

[David LeBlanc]

import re

pat = r"([A-Za-z -]*):(.*)"
cpat = re.compile(pat)
result = cpat.match("Return-Path: <python-list-admin at python.org>")
for group in result.groups():
	print group

>>> 
Return-Path
 <python-list-admin at python.org>

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of alex gigh
> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 14:04
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Regular Expressions and RFC 822
> 
> 
> Hi;
> 
> I am trying to write a mail server in Python and I found out that 
> I can use 
> regular expressions and then grouping:
> 
> "For example, an RFC-822 header line is divided into a header name and a 
> value, separated by a ":". This can be handled by writing a regular 
> expression which matches an entire header line, and has one group which 
> matches the header name, and another group which matches the 
> header's value. 
> "
> 
> Can someone help me by showing me an example of how I could do this...
> 
> Many Thanks
> 
> Alex
> 
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