"SPE - Stani's Python Editor" wrote:
> Use re.split, as this is the fastest and cleanest way.
> However, iff you have to split a lot of strings, the best is:
>
> import re
> delimiters = re.compile('_| ')
>
> def split(x):
> return delimiters.split(x)
or, shorter:
import re
split = re.compile('_| ').split
to quickly build a splitter for an arbitrary set of separator characters, use
separators = "_ :+"
split = re.compile("[" + re.escape(separators) + "]").split
to deal with arbitrary separators, you need to be a little bit more careful
when you prepare the pattern:
separators = sep1, sep2, sep3, sep4, ...
pattern = "|".join(re.escape(p) for p in reversed(sorted(separators)))
split = re.compile(pattern).split
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