Terry J. Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> added the comment:
Did you read "Unfortunately, delimiter is represented by a character in C." in
one of the answers? If so, this should be rejected. For the posted problem, I
added the following.
>>> list(s[1:-1] for s in '"1234"||"abcd"||"a1s1"'.split('||'))
['1234', 'abcd', 'a1s1']
re.split is intended for general splitting tasks. The SO had other posted
solutions that also do the job. So I do not see the need.
Using commas both within quoted fields and between fields is semi-sensible, or
at least widely done. Anyway, csv was designed for that and then generalized. I
do not see the need to cater to something as foolish and rare as using a
multichar delimiter that is also within fields.
I suggest you post enhancement ideas on python-ideas first, as it is a better
place for discussion and reaches more people.
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nosy: +terry.reedy
stage: -> test needed
versions: -Python 3.3
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