Parse txt to blocks

Question

i have a txt file, which has the following structure

start
id=1
date=21.05.2018
summ=500
end

start
id=7
date=23.05.2018
summ=500
owner=guest
end

Answer 1

Using Regex.

import re

with open(filename, "r") as infile:
    data = infile.read()
    data = re.findall("(?<=\\bstart\\b).*?(?=\\bend\\b)", data, flags=re.DOTALL)   #Find the required data from text

r = []
for i in data:
    val =  filter(None, i.split("\n"))
    d = {}
    for j in val:
        s = j.split("=")    #Split by "=" to form key-value pair
        d[s[0]] = s[1]
    r.append(d)             #Append to list
print(r)

Output:

[{'date': '21.05.2018', 'summ': '500', 'id': '1'}, {'date': '23.05.2018', 'owner': 'guest', 'summ': '500', 'id': '7'}]