Parsing a dictionary from a format string

[Tim Johnson]

* Hans Mulder <hansmu at xs4all.nl> [110620 12:15]:
> On 20/06/11 20:14:46, Tim Johnson wrote:
> >Currently using python 2.6, but am serving some systems that have
> >older versions of python (no earlier than.
> >Question 1:
> >   With what version of python was str.format() first implemented?
 Duh! 
> It might be a matter of taste; it might depend on how familiar
> you are with 're'; it might depend on what you mean by 'optimal'.
  As in speed.
## and then there is this - which I haven't tested a lot:
def grabBetween(src,begin,end):
    """Grabs sections of text between `begin' and `end' and returns a list of 
0 or more sections of text."""  
    parts = src.split(begin)
    res = []
    for part in parts: 
        L = part.split(end) 
        if len(L) > 1:
            res.append(L[0])
    return res          

I think later today, I will run some time tests using the `re'
module as well as your function and the one above.

BTW: To be more clear (hopefully) I was checking to see if there was
a compiled method/function to do this.

thanks
-- 
Tim 
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