J000291 #513 added, fixes to py file (added how to)

support/extractoptions.py

@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+'''
+HOW TO USE:
+  Copy this file to a separate location (so as not to hide random files
+    to github)
+
+  Create a folder named "input" in the same location
+
+  Copy the section of the HTML containing the form options that you
+    want to extract (does not have to be exact, you can even copy and paste
+    the entire HTML source code if you want, only there is less chance for
+    errors if you only copy/paste the section containing the form)
+
+  Paste into a text file (NOT word) and save in the "input" folder.
+
+  Run the .py file in python 3.3, and copy/paste the resulting output.
+
+  It is recommended to check the output for any errors (if the attribute is
+  in single quotes you can change this in the regular expression below to
+  r'(?:<option.*?value\s*=\s*)(\'.*?\')'.
+'''
 
 import os
 import re
@@ -6,7 +26,7 @@ YAMLselections = []
 
 #compile regular expressions
 select = re.compile(r'<select.*?</select>', re.DOTALL)
-selectoptions = re.compile(r'(?:<option.*?value\s*=\s*)([\'\"].*?[\'\"])')
+selectoptions = re.compile(r'(?:<option.*?value\s*=\s*)(\".*?\")')
 
 for root,dirs,files in os.walk('.\input'):
     for file in files:
@@ -17,7 +37,7 @@ for root,dirs,files in os.walk('.\input'):
             options = re.findall(selectoptions, selector)
             data = '------------\n' + file + '\n' + 'options:' + '\n'
             for option in options:
-                data = data + "  "
+                data = data + "          "
                 data = data + "- " + option + '\n'
             YAMLselections.append(data)
 for x in YAMLselections: