Parsing two-dimensional text
- by alexbw
I need to parse text files where relevant information is often spread across multiple lines in a nonlinear way. An example:
1234
1 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF SOME STATE
2 IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SOME COUNTY
3 UNLIMITED JURISDICTION
4 --o0o--
5
6 JOHN SMITH and JILL SMITH, )
)
7 Plaintiffs, )
)
8 vs. ) No. 12345
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9 ACME CO, et al., )
)
10 Defendants. )
___________________________________)
I need to pull out Plaintiff and Defendant identities.
These transcripts have a very wide variety of formattings, so I can't always count on those nice parentheses being there, or the plaintiff and defendant information being neatly boxed off, e.g.:
1 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOME OTHER STATE
COUNTY OF COUNTYVILLE
2 First Judicial District
Important Litigation
3 --------------------------------------------------X
THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO:
4
JOHN SMITH,
5 Plaintiff, Index No.
2000-123
6
DEPOSITION
7 - against - UNDER ORAL
EXAMINATION
8 OF
JOHN SMITH,
9 Volume I
10 ACME CO,
et al,
11 Defendants.
12 --------------------------------------------------X
The two constants are:
"Plaintiff" will occur after the
name of the plaintiff(s), but not
necessarily on the same line.
Plaintiffs and defendants' names
will be in upper case.
Any ideas?
