Pattern matching from a text document

[F. Petitjean]

Le 24 Mar 2005 06:16:12 -0800, Ben a écrit :
> 
> Below is a few sample lines. There is the name followed by the class
> (not important) followed by 5 digits each of which can range 1-9 and
> each detail a different ability, such as fitness, attacking ability
> etc. Finally the preferred foot is stated.
> 
> Freddie Ljungberg	Player	02808right
> Dennis Bergkamp	Player	90705either
> Thierry Henry	Player	90906either
> Ashley Cole	Player	17705left
filename = 'players' # to adapt
players = {}  # mapping of name to abilities
fin = open(filename)
for line in fin:
    firstname, lastname, type_, ability = line.split()
    players[(lastname, firstname)] = Ability(ability)
fin.close()

where Ability can be e simple function which return processed the
information in the last word(string) of each line, or a class which
stores/manages such information
class Ability(object):
    def __init__(self, ability):
        digits = ability[:5]
        self.details = map(int, list(digits)) # list of details
        self.preferred_foot = ability[5:]
#  and so on ....
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> ben
>