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+#
+# dictExample.py
+#
+#  Illustration of using pyparsing's Dict class to process tabular data
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2003, Paul McGuire
+#
+from pyparsing import Literal, Word, Group, Dict, ZeroOrMore, alphas, nums, delimitedList
+import pprint
+
+testData = """
++-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
+|       |  A1  |  B1  |  C1  |  D1  |  A2  |  B2  |  C2  |  D2  |
++=======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+
+| min   |   7  |  43  |   7  |  15  |  82  |  98  |   1  |  37  |
+| max   |  11  |  52  |  10  |  17  |  85  | 112  |   4  |  39  |
+| ave   |   9  |  47  |   8  |  16  |  84  | 106  |   3  |  38  |
+| sdev  |   1  |   3  |   1  |   1  |   1  |   3  |   1  |   1  |
++-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+
+"""
+
+# define grammar for datatable
+heading = (Literal(
+"+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+") + 
+"|       |  A1  |  B1  |  C1  |  D1  |  A2  |  B2  |  C2  |  D2  |" + 
+"+=======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+======+").suppress()
+vert = Literal("|").suppress()
+number = Word(nums)
+rowData = Group( vert + Word(alphas) + vert + delimitedList(number,"|") + vert )
+trailing = Literal(
+"+-------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+------+").suppress()
+
+datatable = heading + Dict( ZeroOrMore(rowData) ) + trailing
+
+# now parse data and print results
+data = datatable.parseString(testData)
+print(data)
+pprint.pprint(data.asList())
+print("data keys=", list(data.keys()))
+print("data['min']=", data['min'])
+print("data.max", data.max)