You need to look at the re module.
>>> import re
>>> dir(re)
>>> re.split('A|a', 'A big Fat CAt')
['', ' big F', 't C', 't']
Then google around for a regular expression tutorial...
jw
On 4/16/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been going through the manuals and not having much luck with the
> following code. This is basically an issue of giving 'split' multiple
> patterns to split a string. If it had an ignore case switch, the problem
> would be solved. Instead, I have to code the following, which works fine
> for a single byte string. What can I do when I want to look for strings?
>
> >>> test = 'A big Fat CAt'
> >>> A = test.split('A')
> >>> print A
> ['', ' big Fat C', 't']
> >>> a = []
> >>> for x in xrange(len(A)):
> ... tmp = A[x].split('a')
> ... for y in xrange(len(tmp)):
> ... a.append(tmp[y])
> ...
> >>>
> >>> a
> ['', ' big F', 't C', 't']
>
> It is odd about the help files, after I figure out how to do something, the
> help makes sense. Before hand is another story... Are there any others out
> there that share this misery?
>
> thanks,
> Michael
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