Re: smart splitting - how to

2013-12-13 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 11:39:57 +, 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" Ro

Re: smart splitting - how to

2013-12-13 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:28 AM, Helmut Jarausch < jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> 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

Re: smart splitting - how to

2013-12-13 Thread Robert Kern
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 th

Re: smart splitting - how to

2013-12-13 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:28 PM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: > 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. Sounds like you want shell-style sp

smart splitting - how to

2013-12-13 Thread Helmut Jarausch
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