On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:39:57 +0000, Chris Angelico and Robert Kern wrote: > On 2013-12-13 11:28, Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'd like to read several strings by using 'input'. >> These strings are separated by white space but I'd like to allow for >> some quoting, e.g. >> >> "Guido van" Rossum >> >> should be split into 2 strings only >> >> Now, a simple split doesn't work since it splits the quoted text as well. >> Is there a simple way to do so? >> It would be nice if it could handle embedded quotes which are escaped >> by a backslash, too. >> >> Is there something simpler then a sophisticated regular expression >> or even a parser? > > http://docs.python.org/3.3/library/shlex > > > [~] > |1> import shlex > > [~] > |2> shlex.split(r'"Guido \"van\" Rossum" invented Python') > ['Guido "van" Rossum', 'invented', 'Python']
Many thanks, that works perfectly and is so simple. Helmut -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
