Bengt Richter wrote: > Oops, note some spaces inside quotes near ss and missing double quotes in > result.
And here I thought the main problem with my answer was that it didn't split unquoted segments into separate words at all! Clearly I missed the generalization being sought, and a more robust solution is in order. Fortunately, others have been forthcoming with them. Thank you, Jeffrey -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
