Add delimiter in txt file python

Question

I m trying to transfer data from a text file to csv. My text file contains lots of rows delimited by /n.

a: data
b: data2
$e = data3
number
a: data4 and so on

I need a column for a,b, one for $ starting rows and a column for data after the = or : sign.

Can someone help me with a starting point?:)

Answer 1

txt = """a: data
b: data2
$e = data3
number
a: data4"""
txt_lines = txt.split("\n")
df_dict = dict()
for line in txt_lines:
    if ":" in line or "$" in line:
        # remove special character
        column = line.split()[0].replace("$", "").replace(":", "")
        # if column exists get row, if not, get empty list
        row = df_dict.get(column, list())
        # think as last word to data and update row
        row.append(line.split()[-1])
        # update dictionary
        df_dict.update({column: row})
    else:
        # if ":" or "$" not exists in text, then think as number
        column = 'number'
        # if column exists get row, if not, get empty list
        row = df_dict.get(column, list())
        # update row
        row.append(line)
        # update dictionary
        df_dict.update({column: row})
df = pd.DataFrame(dict([(k, pd.Series(v)) for k,v in df_dict.items()]))

df looks like it.

       a      b      e  number
0   data  data2  data3  number
1  data4    NaN    NaN     NaN

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