On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 5:20 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <pointede...@web.de> wrote: > Joel Goldstick wrote: > >> my_list = "1.23, 2.4, 3.123".split(",") >> >> that will give you ['1.23', '2.4', '3.123'] > > No, it gives > > | $ python > | Python 2.7.9 (default, Dec 11 2014, 08:58:12) > | [GCC 4.9.2] on linux2 > | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > | >>> my_list = "1.23, 2.4, 3.123".split(",") > | >>> my_list > | ['1.23', ' 2.4', ' 3.123'] > | >>> > > | $ python3 > | Python 3.4.2 (default, Dec 27 2014, 13:16:08) > | [GCC 4.9.2] on linux > | Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > | >>> my_list = "1.23, 2.4, 3.123".split(",") > | >>> my_list > | ['1.23', ' 2.4', ' 3.123'] > | >>> > > In order to get the result you described, one needs at least > > | >>> '1.23, 2.4, 3.123'.split(', ') > | ['1.23', '2.4', '3.123'] > > This is safer: > > | >>> from re import split > | >>> split(r'\s*,\s*', '1.23, 2.4, 3.123') > | ['1.23', '2.4', '3.123'] >
I'm not sure what you are trying to point out as your examples confirm my code. Am I missing something. As for feeding a beginner regex solutions, I'm on the side that this is a terrible idea. Regex is not something a beginner should worry about! > -- > PointedEars > > Twitter: @PointedEars2 > Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Joel Goldstick http://joelgoldstick.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list