here's the solution i have for the moment : t = shlex.shlex(data) t.wordchars = t.wordchars + "/+.-" r='' while 1: token = t.get_token() if not token: break if not token==',': r = r+token else: r = r + ' ' self.DEBUG(r,'ok') for pair in r.split(' '): key,value=pair.split('=', 1) print(key+':'+value)
i know this is not perfect still but i'm coming a long way from very bad php habits! :o) and thanks for your help! On 11 jan, 23:30, teddyber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list