Re: Splitting a string with extra parameters

2006-04-06 Thread Andrew Gwozdziewycz
On Apr 6, 2006, at 7:38 AM, Amit Khemka wrote: > I guess you should use "re" module ... In this case re.split("\D,\D", > YOUR_STRING) should work. (splits only when "," is between two > non-digits). This works assuming all line elements are quoted. This would fail if (and this too my knowledg

Re: Splitting a string with extra parameters

2006-04-06 Thread Amit Khemka
I guess you should use "re" module ... In this case re.split("\D,\D", YOUR_STRING) should work. (splits only when "," is between two non-digits). for details and more options see python-docs. cheers, amit. On 4/6/06, Fulvio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alle 11:23, giovedì 06 aprile 2006, Chris

Re: Splitting a string with extra parameters

2006-04-06 Thread Fulvio
Alle 11:23, giovedì 06 aprile 2006, Chris P ha scritto: > when splitting based on a delimiter of "," the above string gets broken up > in 5 "columns" instead of 4 due to the "," in the money amount. There should be cvs package in the python directory. Why don't you try that way? Reading some help

Splitting a string with extra parameters

2006-04-05 Thread Chris P
Hello list, I just started using python and I must say I enjoy it very much. I do have an issue in which I hope to get some pointers to. I have a string, which I need to split based on a delimiter. This I know how to do. But what I cannot figure out is, take for example the following: "column 1