Take a look at: http://docs.python.org/lib/node115.html#l2h-878
So I would try something like: pat = re.compile(r" (?:AND|OR|AND NOT) ") pat.split(string) Compile the regular expression with re.IGNORECASE if you like. Nico Grubert wrote: > Dear Python users, > > I'd like to split a string where 'and', 'or', 'and not' occurs. > > Example string: > s = 'Smith, R. OR White OR Blue, T. AND Black AND Red AND NOT Green' > > I need to split s in order to get this list: > ['Smith, R.', 'White', 'Blue, T.', 'Back', 'Red', 'Green'] > > Any idea, how I can split a string where 'and', 'or', 'and not' occurs? > > > Thank you very much in advance, > Nico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
