WhatsApp contact extract from group file. I need help.

Question

I export a group file to my phone and I try to write a code to write out all the contact in the file but I was getting errors.

x = "<Media omitted>4/28/22, 8:37 PM [phone]: <Media omitted>4/28/22, 9:14 PM [phone]e4/28/22, 11:10 PM [phone] left4/28/22, 11:07 PM [phone]: <Media omitted>4/29/22, 12:33 AM [phone] left4/29/22, 2:00 AM [phone] left4/29/22, 4:08 AM [phone] left4/29/22, 7:29 AM [phone]: <Media omitted>4/29/22, 7:37 AM [phone]: <Media omitt''ed>"
for c in x:
if c ==("+" +" "+num(len(13))):
print(c)

OUTPUT

Traceback (most recent call last): File "file0.py", line 3, in <module> if c ==("+" +" "+num(len(13))): NameError: name 'num' is not defined

Answer 1

You forgot to attach the code bit link. Add code bit link in post Description

Ensure the <x> string contains data exactly as it is in the file. It doesn't seem to be well structured as it is now.

https://www.sololearn.com/post/75089/?ref=app

Answer 2

https://code.sololearn.com/c3GD7A2Vy3zy/?ref=app

Answer 3

Kayode
Did you solve this yet? I don't understand how the records are structured in that file. Looking at the string <x> it obviously not in XML nor JSON format, and there are inconsistencies. Some numbers have "left" on the beginning of (what seems to be) the record, some don't ...

If you have a link where I can read more about the structure of the file, I'd be interested.

Also how did you get to export group contacts? I saw some examples online when I searched, but they mostly show how to export to Excel, not a file like this.

P.S. Please put Python in post tags, no point in tagging 'anylanguage' when your code was in Python.