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Veer Singh
Veer Singh

Reputation: 61

Split String on the multiple spaces using python

I want to split the string on multiple spaces but not on single space.

I have tried string.split() but it splits on every single space

here is my code

string='hi i am    kaveer  and i am a   student'   
string.split()

i expected the result

['hi i am','kaveer','and i am a','student']

but actual result is

['hi','i','am','kaveer','and','i','am','a','student']

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2430

Answers (2)

Debendra
Debendra

Reputation: 1152

You don't need to import anything, get rid of regexp. Enjoy real python.

>>> string='hi i am    kaveer  and i am a   student'   
>>> new_list = list(map(lambda strings: strings.strip(), string.split('  ')))
['hi i am', '', 'kaveer', 'and i am a', 'student']

# remove empty string from list.
>>> list(filter(None, new_list))
['hi i am', 'kaveer', 'and i am a', 'student']

# Or you could combine it all of these on one line,
# Of course you could loose readability.


>> list(filter(None, list(map(lambda strings: strings.strip(), string.split('  ')))))

Upvotes: 0

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 92461

You can make a regular expression that matches 2 or more spaces and use re.split() to split on the match:

import re

s='hi i am    kaveer'   
re.split(r'\s{2,}', s)

result

['hi i am', 'kaveer']

Upvotes: 8

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