alexk wrote:
I've a simple question. Why the following:
words = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^%[wordA] [EMAIL PROTECTED]".split('[EMAIL
PROTECTED]&*()_+-=[]{},./')
doesn't work? The length of the result vector is 1.
I'm using ActivePython 2.4
Alex
Do you mean, why doesn't it split on every character in '[EMAIL
PROTECTED]&*()_+-=[]{},./' ?
Help on built-in function split:
split(...)
S.split([sep [,maxsplit]]) -> list of strings
Return a list of the words in the string S, using sep as the
delimiter string. If maxsplit is given, at most maxsplit
splits are done. If sep is not specified or is None, any
whitespace string is a separator.
sep as a whole is the delimeter string
If you want to split on any of the characters in your sep string, use a regexp:
Perhaps:
>>> import re
>>> splitter = re.compile("[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*()_+-= ]+") #note escapes for []
>>> splitter.split("[EMAIL PROTECTED]@^%[wordA] [EMAIL PROTECTED]")
['', 'wordA', 'wordB', '']
>>>
is closer to what you had in mind
Michael
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