wow! that's perfect this shlex module! thanks for pointing this! On 11 jan, 20:36, Joshua Kugler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > teddyber wrote: > > first i'm a newbie to python (but i searched the Internet i swear). > > i'm looking for some way to split up a string into a list of pairs > > 'key=value'. This code should be able to handle this particular > > example string : > > > qop="auth,auth-int,auth-conf",cipher="rc4-40,rc4-56,rc4,des, > > 3des",maxbuf=1024,charset=utf-8,algorithm=md5-sess > > > i know i can do that with some regexp (i'm currently trying to learn > > that) but if there's some other way... > > Take a look at the shlex module. You might be able to fiddle with the shlex > object and convince it to split on the commas. But, to be honest, that > above would be a lot easier to parse if the dividing commas were spaces > instead. > > j
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