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/ extract_legislation.py
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February 22, 2009 19:01
return list of congressional bill numbers extracted from string
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| # return list of bill numbers extracted from string | |
| import re | |
| def extract_legislation(haystack): | |
| haystack = haystack.upper() | |
| p = re.compile('S\.?\s?CON\.?\s?RES\.?\s?\d{1,5}|H\.?\s?CON\s?RES\.?\s?\d{1,5}|S\.?\s?J\.?\s?RES\.?\s\d{1,5}|H\.?\s?J\.?\s?RES\.?\s\d{1,5}|S\.?\s?RES\.?\s?\d{1,5}|H\.?\s?RES\.?\s?\d{1,5}|H\.?\s?\R\.?\s?\d{1,5}|S\.?\s?\d{1,5}') | |
| needle_list = p.findall(haystack) | |
| return needle_list |
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