r/learnpython • u/Desperate_Yak69 • 2d ago
Need help with very basic script
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Hi, I am basically brand new to python, so I may make a lot of mistakes in my wording. I have made a very basic script that retrieves specific values in text files and prints them to the shell. I have gotten it to the point where both values are retrieved and printed, however when they do print, they do so exactly 5 times in a row. I do not have five files in the directory, I only have one test file named "1.txt" with only the values I need as the contents. Can someone point me in the right direction? Apologies for the horrible formatting.
import os
import glob
import re
path = 'path'
provinces = re.compile('.*?provinces {.*?(.*?)}',re.MULTILINE)
id = re.compile('.*?id = .*?([0-9.-]+)')
a1 = None
a2 = None
for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*.txt')):
with open(filename, '+r') as f:
for line in f:
if provinces.match(line):
a1 = provinces.match(line)
if id.match(line):
a2 = id.match(line)
if a1 and a2:
print(a1.group(1))
print(a2.group(1))
The output of the shell in IDLE:
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
1111 2222 3333
123
Edit - I got the script to work after a few changes to its configuration. Thank you all who helped!