On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 4:03 PM, David Rock <da...@graniteweb.com> wrote: > text = raw_input("Enter text: ") > sep = 'and' > parts = text.split(sep) > for i in parts[:-1]: > print i > print sep > print [-1]
>>> "band".split("and") ['b', ''] It needs to be sep = " and ". That's assuming we're ignoring tabs. Line feed shouldn't be an issue since the source is raw_input. Anything more advanced should probably use regular expressions. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor