I'm in need of a Python Regular Expression to use with Meld.

My CSV file contains text lines typical of the following ID information that I want to
hide while I compare two files. One problem is there is one, two or three sets of data
on some lines, while others may have none.
lines.

TYPICAL DATA I want to EXCLUDE: (Three samples extracted from one file)
The Data is an Exported CSV file with headers for Columns A, B, & C.

...A...........B.........C.....
Person Surname Given

Is there a GURU on RE out there that would help a beginner on RE's?

I've Googled, read the information on:
http://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html
about 10 times but I can't get it working.

I've tried ^([.*])* but, that didn't work. Also tried ^\[*?\]* but no luck there either.

I'd appreciate any help you could give.

Thanks.

Larry

I'm not a python user, so I may not be able to help you directly, but I do think you should clarify your request a bit more. I'm a bit confused by it.

To start with, please use ***[code][/code]*** tags around your code and data, to preserve the original formatting and to improve readability. Do not use quote tags, bolding, colors, "start/end" lines, or other creative techniques.

Second, I think we need to see three things: the input text, the exclude text, and the final result of processing the two together. For example, do you want to remove each individual entry no matter how many there are on the line, or only if the whole line matches, or what?

How exactly do the exclude entries match to the input?

Thanks for your response. I finally got the RE correct, but it didn't help me compare the files, because while the
Person, Surname, and Given IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS were mask out so the Text Data was comparing the Other information
that was linked to the ID Numbers wasn't associated.

So, I gave up trying to do my compares that way.

Thanks.

Larry.