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Perl problem in Python

Jul 5th, 2000 10:02
Nathan Wallace, Hans Nowak, Snippet 233, Magnus L. Hetland

"""
Packages: text.regular_expressions
"""
"""
>I want to learn Python to replace Perl as my scripting language of
>choice.  Something that'd be helpful is maybe a list of "Here's how you do
>that in Python" items for typical Perl code.
>For example, what about the typical Perl script that filters out lines
>from standard input:
>while (<>) {
>    next if /xxxx/;
>    print if /yyyy/;
>    (etc.)
}
"""
from fileinput import input
from re import match
for line in input():
    if match('xxxx',line): continue
    if match('yyyy',line): print line