def fill_array_fields(input_string,dictionary):
"""
Extracts the portion of the input string demarcated by ARRAYVARIABLEASSIGNMENT,
and serially replaces the contents of the contained field (only 1!!)
with the array values stored within the dictionary.
"""
output_string = input_string
array_variables = find_array_fields(input_string)
cleaned_contents = clean_fields(array_variables,"ARRAYVARIABLEASSIGNMENT")
for cleaned_content in cleaned_contents:
fields = clean_fields(find_standard_fields(cleaned_content),"FIELD");
replacement_list = []
for field in fields: #There can only be 1.
values = convert_attribute_value_to_array(dictionary[field])
for value in values:
replacement_list.append(re.sub(r"FIELDBEGIN\s+" + field + r"\s+FIELDEND",value,cleaned_content))
output_string = re.sub(re.escape(cleaned_content)," ".join(replacement_list),output_string)
output_string, number = re.subn(r"ARRAYVARIABLEASSIGNMENTBEGIN\s+","",output_string)
output_string, number = re.subn(r"\s+ARRAYVARIABLEASSIGNMENTEND","",output_string)
return output_string
def fill_task_fields(input_string,dictionary):
"""
Extracts the portion of the input string demarcated by TASKVARIABLEASSIGNMENT,
and serially replaces the contents of the contained field(s).
"""
output_string = input_string
task_variables = find_task_fields(input_string)
cleaned_contents = clean_fields(task_variables,"TASKVARIABLEASSIGNMENT")
for cleaned_content in cleaned_contents:
fields = clean_fields(find_standard_fields(cleaned_content),"FIELD");
replacement_list = []
for task_number in range(dictionary["number_tasks"]):
temp_dict = {}
temp_dict["task_position_id"] = str(int(task_number) + 1)
for field in fields:
if field == "task_position_id":
continue
values = convert_attribute_value_to_array(dictionary[field])
temp_dict[field] = values[task_number]
replacement_list.append(fill_standard_fields(cleaned_content,temp_dict))
output_string = re.sub(re.escape(cleaned_content),"\n".join(replacement_list),output_string)
output_string, number = re.subn(r"TASKVARIABLEASSIGNMENTBEGIN\s+","",output_string)
output_string, number = re.subn(r"\s+TASKVARIABLEASSIGNMENTEND","",output_string)
return output_string
