Siah ha scritto: > Hi, > > 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. > > Please help me with this, > Thanks, > Sia
One solution: >>> s = '(a, b, "c", d, "e")' >>> print [x.strip('" ') for x in s.strip('()').split(',')] ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list