Source: python-parse Maintainer: Cyril Bouthors Uploaders: Arthur Vuillard , Cyril Bouthors , Cyril Bouthors Section: python Priority: optional Build-Depends: python3-all, debhelper (>= 10), dh-python, python3-setuptools, Standards-Version: 3.9.8 Homepage: https://github.com/r1chardj0n3s/parse Package: python3-parse Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${python3:Depends} Description: Parse provides the reverse function for format(), Python3 package Parse strings using a specification based on the Python format() syntax. . ``parse()`` is the opposite of ``format()`` . The module is set up to only export ``parse()``, ``search()`` and ``findall()`` when ``import *`` is used: . >>> from parse import * . From there it's a simple thing to parse a string: . >>> parse("It's {}, I love it!", "It's spam, I love it!") >>> _[0] 'spam' . Or to search a string for some pattern: . >>> search('Age: {:d}\n', 'Name: Rufus\nAge: 42\nColor: red\n') . This is the Python 3 package