Stripping numbers from text

[ebolisa]

Hi,

The response from a web form fills an array. Its content may average from empty to several strings.
I need to extract data from said strings so I can work with it.
I came out with the following code but I'm sure it can be improved.
I appreciate some opinion/improvement.

TIA

import re

soil1 = 0
soil2 = 0
checkbox1 = 0
checkbox2 = 0

para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=34', 'p1=1', 'p2=1']

for i in range(len(para_array)):
    if para_array[i].find('s1=') > -1:
        a = para_array[i]
        soil1 = re.sub('s1=', '', a)
    if para_array[i].find('s2=') > -1:
        a = para_array[i]
        soil2 = re.sub('s2=', '', a)
    if para_array[i].find('p1=') > -1:
        a = para_array[i]
        checkbox1 = re.sub('p1=', '', a)
    if para_array[i].find('p2=') > -1:
        a = para_array[i]
        checkbox2 = re.sub('p2=', '', a)

print(soil1, soil2, checkbox1, checkbox2)

[snippsat]

Can use regex.

>>> import re
>>> 
>>> para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=34', 'p1=1', 'p2=1']
>>> for item in para_array:
...     print(re.search(r'=(\d.*)', item).group(1))
...     
2.67
34
1
1

[ebolisa]

Can use regex.

>>> import re
>>> 
>>> para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=34', 'p1=1', 'p2=1']
>>> for item in para_array:
...     print(re.search(r'=(\d.*)', item).group(1))

Slick, thank you. However, it crashes when the webform returns no data like this:

Output:
para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=', 'p1=', 'p2=1']

Also, how do I associate the output of the loop to a variable like:
soil1 = 2.67
soil2 = 34 etc.

[snippsat]

Slick, thank you. However, it crashes when the webform returns no data like this:

That can be fixed,you should give it a try🔨

Also, how do I associate the output of the loop to a variable like:

It's a bad way🖐 to crate a bunch of variables this way,use a data structure as eg dictionary.
Example.

import re

def clean_up(lst : list) -> list:
    fix_lst = []
    try:
        for item in para_array:
            if item.endswith('='):
                pass
            else:
                fix_lst.append(re.search(r'=(\d.*)', item).group(1))
        return fix_lst
    except AttributeError:
        return 'Something went wrong'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=34', 'p1=1', 'p2=1']
    #para_array = ['s1=2.67', 's2=', 'p1=', 'p2=1']
    result = clean_up(para_array)
    var = [f'soil{i}' for i in range(1, 5)]
    record = dict(zip(var, result))
    print(record)

Output:
{'soil1': '2.67', 'soil2': '34', 'soil3': '1', 'soil4': '1'}

Eg if use dictionary like this,it will not fail(give message) if search for value not in record.

 >>> record.get('soil2', 'No in record')
'34'
>>> record.get('soil4', 'No in record')
'1'
>>> record.get('soil9', 'No in record')
'No in record

[deanhystad]

I don't think ebolisa wants to create new variables. I think the question is wondering how to make parsing "s1 = 2.67" result in assigning the value 2.67 to existing variable soil1. But your solution works for this problem too. There should not be a variable named soil1, there should be a dictionary of external parameters that can be set through the para_array. Instead of the program using soil1 it should use parameters["s1"]. An alternative (better alternative) is to use a class instead of a dictionary. The class would be responsible for parsing the para_array and it would know that "s1" is associated with the attribute soil1. If a class were used you would get the soil1 value using obj.soil1.