On 2005-04-28, alexk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've a simple question. Why the following: > > words = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^%[wordA] [EMAIL PROTECTED]".split('[EMAIL > PROTECTED]&*()_+-=[]{},./') > > doesn't work?
But it does work. Your input string (the one on the left) does not contain the delimiter string you're passing to the split() method. The argument to split() is a delimiter string not a set of delimter characters. > The length of the result vector is 1. Yup :) -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! This MUST be a good at party -- My RIB CAGE is visi.com being painfully pressed up against someone's MARTINI!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list