list or dictionary

[MRAB]

On 2016-09-21 19:35, Ganesh Pal wrote:
> Thanks Steve  for the clues , quickly tried  out # Version 1 doesn't seen
> to work.
>
>
>>>> for line in hostname:
> ...     regex = r'(.*) is array with id {}'.format(devid)
> ...     mo = re.search(regex, line)
> ...     print line, regex, mo
> ...     if mo is not None:
> ...         print mo.group(1)
> ...
> RX-145-1 is array id 1 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-2 is array id 2 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-3 is array id 3 (.*) is array with id 3 None
>>>> hostname
> ['RX-145-1 is array id 1', 'RX-145-2 is array id 2', 'RX-145-3 is array id
> 3']
>>>> type(devid)
> <type 'int'>
>>>> devid
> 3
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> devid = '3'
>>>> for line in hostname:
> ...     regex = r'(.*) is array with id {}'.format(devid)
> ...     mo = re.search(regex, line)
> ...     print line, regex, mo
> ...     if mo is not None:
> ...        print mo.group(1)
> ...
> RX-145-1 is array id 1 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-2 is array id 2 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-3 is array id 3 (.*) is array with id 3 None
>>>> type(devid)
> <type 'str'>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> for line in hostname:
> ...     regex = r'(.*) is array with id %d' % (devid)
> ...     mo = re.search(regex, line)
> ...     print line, regex, mo
> ...     if mo is not None:
> ...        print mo.group(1)
> ...
> RX-145-1 is array id 1 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-2 is array id 2 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> RX-145-3 is array id 3 (.*) is array with id 3 None
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Looks like Iam missing something ?
>
[snip]
The lines have "array id", but the regex has "array with id".