""" EXAMPLE CODE Director: Directed by
John Lasseter
Joe Ranft (co-director)
Writer: Writing credits
John Lasseter (story) &
Joe Ranft (story) ...
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""" dirTitReg = 'Directed by
' dirReg = '/">John Lasseter' lines = "" # list of lines for i in range(len(lines)): if dirTitReg.search(lines[i]) != None: i+=1 while dirReg.search(lines[i]) != None: dirs.append(dirReg.search(lines[i]).group(1)) i+=1 else: i+=1