Siah wrote: > 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.
I heavily suggest you to look at the docs -- those are very basic functions. http://docs.python.org/lib/string-methods.html One solution might be: >>> results = [] >>> for part in '(a, b, "c", d, "e")'.split(","): ... part = part.strip() ... part = part.strip("(),\"") ... part = part.strip() ... results.append(part) ... >>> print results ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'] >>> Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #285: Telecommunications is upgrading. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
