Joel Goldstick wrote: > Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn 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 >> >> […] >> | >>> 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'] >> >> […] > > I'm not sure what you are trying to point out as your examples confirm > my code.
No, they don't. > Am I missing something. ^ (Is that a question.) You are missing a leading space character because in the string the comma was followed by one. > 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! NAK. -- PointedEars Twitter: @PointedEars2 Please do not cc me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list