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

Easiest algorithm I could think of, if I get your question right.

d ={}
arr = []

for line in plines:
  if line == 'start':
    continue
  elif line =='end':
    arr.append(d)
    continue
  else:
    list_key_value = line.split('=')    
    d[list_key_value[0]] = int(list_key_value[1]) if 
    type(list_key_value[1]) == 'int' else str(list_key_value[1])
print (arr)

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