New submission from Dave Notman:
# Python 3.3.1 (default, Sep 25 2013, 19:30:50)
# Linux 3.8.0-35-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Tue Dec 3 01:25:33 UTC 2013 i686 i686
i686 GNU/Linux
import re
splitter = re.compile( r'(\s*[+/;,]\s*)|(\s+and\s+)' )
ll = splitter.split( 'Dave Sam, Jane and Zoe' )
SilentGhost added the comment:
Looks like it works exactly as the docs[1] describe:
re.split(r'\s*[+/;,]\s*|\s+and\s+', string)
['Dave', 'Sam', 'Jane', 'Zoe']
You're using capturing groups (parentheses) in your original regex which
returns separators as part of a match.
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