> I need to convert the string: '(a, b, "c", d, "e")' into the
> following list ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']. Much like a csv
> reader does. I usually use the split function, but this
> mini-monster wouldn't properly get split up due to those
> random quotations postgresql returns to me.
Uh...use the csv reader? :) No need to reinvent the parsing wheel.
>>> import csv
>>> from StringIO import StringIO
>>> s = 'a,b,"c",d,"e"'
>>> csv.reader(StringIO(s)).next()
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
If you really have the parens in your string too, you can peal
them off first with "s[1:-1]"
>>> s = '(a,b,"c",d,"e")'
>>> csv.reader(StringIO(s[1:-1])).next()
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
or strip any/all parens:
>>> s = '(a,b,"c",d,"e")'
>>> csv.reader(StringIO(s.lstrip('(').rstrip(')'))).next()
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
-tkc
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