I'm trying to make a dict from my sample string but I'm getting a sample source that is VERY dirty my working python snippet: dict(item.split(':', 1) for item in re.sub(' ', '', re.sub('"', '', ','.join( list(filter(None, re.sub('\r', '', text_subsection.split('text')[1]).split('\n')))))).split(',') ) example of what is in text_subsection is : \r\n; Count of Something: 3\r\ntext\r\n"Key1: 9999999, Key2: mnkhkljh213, Key3: 593, Key4: 66666"\r\n"Key5 something: sample, Desc: , Date: 4/28/2025, Time: 4:15 PM"\r\n"ANOTHERKEY: 622523, KEY1: 9999999, KEY6: 160305, KEY7: 0, KEY8: 10, KEY11: 1, DATE: 4/28/2025, TIME: 16:15:50"\r\n notes: yes, key1 comes in as "Key1" AND "KEY1" yes, date comes in as "Date" and "DATE" yes, time comes in as "Time" and "TIME" and multiple ":" yes, key5 has a space in the name I'm fine with these key dupes in the logic that later uses this dictionary Continue reading...