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user1971598
user1971598

Reputation:

Python Regex on comma, space

Say I have a string "Dogs,cats". If I do re.split(r'[,]*', 'Dogs,cats'), then I get ['Dogs', 'cats'], and this is good, but if I get 'Dogs, cats', then I get a list ['Dogs', ' cats'] and this is bad. How to I make my regex pattern match either having a comma with no space or with a space to still give me ['Dogs', 'cats']?

I tried re.split(r'[\s,]*', 'Dogs,cats') and while that works here, it gives an unwanted splitting in the cases where I have a say, 'dogs,cats are Happy'.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2600

Answers (1)

Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain

Reputation: 213261

Your first case doesn't even need a regex. You can simply do:

"Dogs,Cats".split(",")

For your 2nd case, you can use:

re.split(r',\s*', "Dogs, Cats")

Upvotes: 5

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