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+#
+# dictExample2.py
+#
+#  Illustration of using pyparsing's Dict class to process tabular data
+#  Enhanced Dict example, courtesy of Mike Kelly
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2004, 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
+underline = Word("-=")
+number = Word(nums).setParseAction( lambda t : int(t[0]) )
+vert = Literal("|").suppress()
+
+rowDelim = ("+" + ZeroOrMore( underline + "+" ) ).suppress()
+columnHeader = Group(vert + vert + delimitedList(Word(alphas + nums), "|") + vert)
+
+heading = rowDelim + columnHeader.setResultsName("columns") + rowDelim
+rowData = Group( vert + Word(alphas) + vert + delimitedList(number,"|") + vert )
+trailing = rowDelim
+
+datatable = heading + Dict( ZeroOrMore(rowData) ) + trailing
+
+# now parse data and print results
+data = datatable.parseString(testData)
+print data
+print data.asXML("DATA")
+pprint.pprint(data.asList())
+print "data keys=", data.keys()
+print "data['min']=", data['min']
+print "sum(data['min']) =", sum(data['min'])
+print "data.max =", data.max
+print "sum(data.max) =", sum(data.max)
+
+# now print transpose of data table, using column labels read from table header and 
+# values from data lists
+print 
+print " " * 5,
+for i in range(1,len(data)):
+    print "|%5s" % data[i][0],
+print
+print ("-" * 6) + ("+------" * (len(data)-1))
+for i in range(len(data.columns)):
+    print "%5s" % data.columns[i],
+    for j in range(len(data) - 1):
+        print '|%5s' % data[j + 1][i + 1],
+    print