Accessing key:values within a string

Asked May 30 '19 at 16:10

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I have data parsed from a log file in the following format

{ topic: { name: "foo", other: "bar:more" }}

Is there a way for me to access the values by key? As keys do not contain quotes I don't see how to convert to a dict or JSON for example. I have the added headache that some values contain ":" in their value also.

edited May 30 '19 at 17:59

Diwas Poudel

asked May 30 '19 at 16:10

Gary

You should configure the logging so it uses a json compatible format. Otherwise you have to parse it manually. – Netwave May 30 '19 at 16:13
Do you have any control over the logfile format? – jeremye May 30 '19 at 16:14
No, I cannot change how the logs are generated – Gary May 30 '19 at 16:19

Accessing key:values within a string

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