"Finished Assignment 8"

Author: sarsees

Assignment8/family_rodent_mayhem.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 def get_family(inputline):
     """Find the rodent family name from text file"""
-    family_re = "(Family ?(..[A-Z][a-z]+..))"
+    family_re = "Family.\[\[([A-Z][a-z]+)"
     for family in family_re:
         family_search = re.search(family_re, inputline)
         if family_search:
@@ -21,23 +21,26 @@ def get_family(inputline):
 
 def get_species(inputline):
     """Find the rodent genus and species name from text file"""
-    species_re = "([A-Z][a-z]+ [a-z]+)" #parens makes a group for matching items
+    species_re = "\*\*\*\*\*....([A-Z][a-z]+ [a-z]+)" 
     species_search = re.search(species_re, inputline)
     if species_search:
         return species_search.group(1)
-                                                                                   
+    
 con = dbapi.connect("rodent_names")
-cur = con.cursor()  
+cur = con.cursor() 
+cur.execute("DROP TABLE if exists Rodents")
+cur.execute("CREATE TABLE Rodents (Family VARCHAR, Species VARCHAR)")                                                                                   
+
+ 
 
 for line in inputfile:
     family = get_family(line)
-    species = get_species(line)
     if family:
-        results.append(family)
-        cur.execute("INSERT INTO Rodents VALUES (?)", (family,))
+        current_family = family
+    species = get_species(line)
     if species:
         results.append(species)
-        cur.execute("INSERT INTO Rodents VALUES (?)", (species,))
+        cur.execute("INSERT INTO Rodents VALUES (?,?)", (current_family, species,))
     else:
         nomatch.append(line)
 con.commit()