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Padraic Cunningham
Padraic Cunningham

Reputation: 180461

using re to split string and keep substring contained inside apostrophes grouped together

out = ("First Name,Last Name,Street Address,City,State,Zip Code",",")

I am trying to use re to split the string out into the following:

['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Street Address', 'City', 'State', 'Zip Code']

my output is:

['First', 'Name', 'Last', 'Name', 'Street', 'Address', 'City', 'State', 'Zip', 'Code']

How can I split the string and keep any substring contained inside apostrophes grouped together.

I have very little experience using re so any help would be great. Thanks.

my code:

import re

def split_string(source, splitlist):

    """

    :param source:
    :param splitlist:
    """
    splitlist= re.findall("[\w]+|[*]",source)

    return splitlist

Upvotes: 1

Views: 370

Answers (2)

Ashwini Chaudhary
Ashwini Chaudhary

Reputation: 251031

You can simply use str.split() here:

In [41]: out = ("First Name,Last Name,Street Address,City,State,Zip Code",",")

In [42]: for x in out:
   ....:     if x.replace(",",""):      #check if the string is not empty
   ....:         print x.split(",")
   ....:         
['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Street Address', 'City', 'State', 'Zip Code']

using re.split():

In [10]: strs='First Name,Last Name,Street Address,City,State,Zip Code'

In [11]: re.split(r',',strs)
Out[11]: ['First Name', 'Last Name', 'Street Address', 'City', 'State', 'Zip Code']

Upvotes: 2

metadept
metadept

Reputation: 7949

Maybe you should just use out.split(",") instead of re? Unless it's for a specific exercise...

Upvotes: 1

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