On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:46:30 -0600, Tim Chase wrote: >>> Or for a slightly less simple minded splitting you could try re.split: >>> >>>>>> re.split("(\w+)", "The quick brown fox jumps, and falls >>>>>> over.")[1::2] >>> ['The', 'quick', 'brown', 'fox', 'jumps', 'and', 'falls', 'over'] >> >> >> Perhaps I'm missing something, but the above regex does the exact same >> thing as line.split() except it is significantly slower and harder to >> read.
... > Note the difference in "jumps" vs. "jumps," (extra comma in the > string.split() version) and likewise the period after "over". Thus not > quite "the exact same thing as line.split()". Um... yes. I'll just slink away quietly now... nothing to see here... -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list