CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Sean M Ryno
Sean M Ryno

Reputation: 23

How can I split a string with no delimiters but with fixed number of decimal places - python

What is the best way to split the following string into 6 float values. The number of decimal points will always be six.

x='  2C   6s         0.043315-143.954801 17.872676 31.277358-18.149649114.553363'

The output should read:

y=[0.043315, -143.954801, 17.872676, 31.277358, 18.149649, 114.553363]

Upvotes: 2

Views: 76

Answers (2)

albert
albert

Reputation: 8593

Assuming that you want to get -18.149649 instead of 18.149649 since that would be consistent I suggest using a regex in combination with the .findall() function as follows:

import re

regex = '(-?[0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{6})'

x = '  2C   6s         0.043315-143.954801 17.872676 31.277358-18.149649114.553363'

out = re.findall(regex, x)

print(out)

Giving:

['0.043315', '-143.954801', '17.872676', '31.277358', '-18.149649', '114.553363']

Update due to comment:

You could replace [0-9] with \d which is equivalent since \d matches a digit (number) as shown here.

Upvotes: 4

Bzisch
Bzisch

Reputation: 101

This should do the trick.

re.findall(r'\-?[0-9]+\.[0-9]{6}', string)

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions