Text Processing in Python

Text Processing in Python

par David Mertz

. Text Processing in Python describes techniques for manipulation of text using thePython programming language. At the broadest level, text processing is simplytaking textual information and doing something with it.

This might berestructuring or reformatting it, extracting smaller bits of information from it,or performing calculations that depend on the text. Text processing is arguablywhat most programmers spend most of their time doing. Because Python isclear, expressive, and object-oriented it is a perfect language for doing textprocessing, even better than Perl.

As the amount of data everywhere continuesto increase, this is more and more of a challenge for programmers. This book isnot a tutorial on Python. It has two other goals: helping the programmer getthe job done pragmatically and efficiently; and giving the reader anunderstanding - both theoretically and conceptually - of why what works worksand what doesn't work doesn't work.

Mertz provides practical pointers and tipsthat emphasize efficent, flexible, and maintainable approaches to the textprocessingtasks that working programmers face daily.

Format
544 pages, Paperback
Première édition
December 1969
Editeurs
Addison-Wesley Professional
Sujets
Programming Languages·Text·Document Processing·General·Microcomputer Text Processing Software·Computers·Languages·Programming·Computer Books·General·Programming Languages·Python·Gener·
Langue
English

Text processing is a fascinating field in computer science with numerous algorithms. This area is very attractive to researchers.

This book is interesting, the field it covers is not one with many texts, so it's hard to do comparative analysis. On it's strengths, this book is probably best suited for programmers that aren't afraid to learn advanced material.

TPIP is an instant classic in that all you need to do is add a solid understanding of python and you can instantly appreciate its classic nature. Text processing is more fundamental to programming than programming itself.

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