Python MediaWiki table regex (find strings of a particular format, then extract substrings within)

Question

I'm trying to find all strings of the format {{rdex|001|001|Bulbasaur|2|Grass|Poison}} in a large text file, and then extract the substrings corresponding to the first 001 and to Bulbasaur, perhaps as a tuple.

I'm assuming regex with capturing groups can be used for both; could anybody tell me the appropriate regex to use in Python 3.1 as well as a possible code outline? I'm a regex noob.

Thanks!

Answer 1

re.match('^{{[^|]+\|([^|]+)\|[^|]+\|([^|]+)\|[^|]+\|[^|]+\|[^|]+\}}$', S).groups()

Answer 2

import re
text="""{{rdex|001|001|Bulbasaur|2|Grass|Poison}}"""
re.findall("\{\{[^|]+\|(\d+)\|\d+\|([^|]+)",text)
[('001', 'Bulbasaur')]

Answer 3

line="{{rdex|001|001|Bulbasaur|2|Grass|Poison}}"
s=line.find("{{")
e=line.find("}}")
if s != -1 and e != -1:
    sub=line[s+2:e].split("|")
    print sub[1],sub[3]

output

$ ./python.py
001 Bulbasaur