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Tristan Forward
Tristan Forward

Reputation: 3514

Python: Parse/Split by Ignoring first space from right

I am having trouble parsing String2, by a space. Thoughts?

String1 = "THIS IS STRING1 18-23-80-18"

String2 = "THIS IS STRING2 7-A-4, 4-93-P"

Split1 = String1.rsplit(" ",2)

Output1 = "18-23-80-18" #This Works fine

Split2 = String2.????? # Not sure what to do here 

Output2 = "7-A-4, 4-93-P" #How do I Ignore the first space from the right?

Clarification:

The * represents the space I am trying to ignore and the % represents the space I want to find.

"%7-A-4,*4-93-P"

Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5219

Answers (2)

Jungle Hunter
Jungle Hunter

Reputation: 7285

If you are interested in splitting the string on the third left space and ignoring all others on the right then after:

>>> String2 = "THIS IS STRING2 7-A-4, 4-93-P"
>>> String2.split(" ", 3)[3]
'7-A-4, 4-93-P'

A general approach would be to split on spaces on the whole string and pick only from the range you want. Then join that range using a space.

" ".join(string.split()[1:3])

Upvotes: 5

Blender
Blender

Reputation: 298106

Use regex to split the string:

>>> import re
>>> string2 = "THIS IS STRING2 7-A-4, 4-93-P"
>>> re.split(r'[^,]\s+', string2)[-1]
'7-A-4, 4-93-P'

Upvotes: 1

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