Extracting data from ython dictionary object

[Stanley Denman]

On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 1:08:27 AM UTC-6, dieter wrote:
> Stanley Denman <dallasdisabilityattorney at gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I am new to Python. I am trying to extract text from the bookmarks in a PDF file that would provide the data for a Word template merge. I have gotten down to a string of text pulled out of the list object that I got from using PyPDF2 module.  I am stuck on now to get the data out of the string that I need.  I am calling it a string, but Python is recognizing as a dictionary object.  
> >
> > Here is the string: 
> >
> > {'/Title': '1F:  Progress Notes  Src.:  MILANI, JOHN C Tmt. Dt.:  05/12/2014 - 05/28/2014 (9 pages)', '/Page': IndirectObject(465, 0), '/Type': '/FitB'}
> >
> > What a want is the following to end up as fields on my Word template merge:
> > MedSourceFirstName: "John"
> > MedSourceLastName: "Milani"
> > MedSourceLastTreatment: "05/28/2014"
> >
> > If I use keys() on the dictionary I get this:
> > ['/Title', '/Page', '/Type']I was hoping "Src" and Tmt Dt." would be treated as keys.  Seems like the key/value pair of a dictionary would translate nicely to fieldname and fielddata for a Word document merge.  Here is my  code so far. 
> 
> A Python "dict" is a mapping of keys to values. Its "keys" method
> gives you the keys (as you have used above).
> The subscription syntax ("<some_dict>[<some_key>]"; e.g.
> "pdf_info['/Title']") allows you to access the value associated with
> "<some_key>".
> 
> In your case, relevant information is coded inside the values themselves.
> You will need to extract this information yourself. Python's "re" module
> might be of help (see the "library reference", for details).

Thanks for your response.  Nice to know I am at least on the right path.  Sounds like I am going to have to did in to Regex to get at the test I want.