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| Date | 2011-06-03 23:38 +0100 |
|---|---|
| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: how to avoid leading white spaces |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 03/06/2011 23:11, Ethan Furman wrote:
> Chris Torek wrote:
>>> On 2011-06-03, rurpy@yahoo.com <rurpy@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> [prefers]
>>>> re.split ('[ ,]', source)
>>
>> This is probably not what you want in dealing with
>> human-created text:
>>
>> >>> re.split('[ ,]', 'foo bar, spam,maps')
>> ['foo', '', 'bar', '', 'spam', 'maps']
>
> I think you've got a typo in there... this is what I get:
>
> --> re.split('[ ,]', 'foo bar, spam,maps')
> ['foo', 'bar', '', 'spam', 'maps']
>
> I would add a * to get rid of that empty element, myself:
> --> re.split('[ ,]*', 'foo bar, spam,maps')
> ['foo', 'bar', 'spam', 'maps']
>
It's better to use + instead of * because you don't want it to be a
zero-width separator. The fact that it works should be treated as an
idiosyncrasy of the current re module, which can't split on a
zero-width match.
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Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-06-01 10:11 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-01 12:39 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Karim <karim.liateni@free.fr> - 2011-06-01 22:34 +0200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-02 13:21 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-02 21:57 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-03 03:41 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-03 02:58 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-02 23:44 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:52 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-03 13:54 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-03 04:30 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-03 14:11 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-03 14:18 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2011-06-04 13:41 +1200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-04 20:44 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian <hobson42@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 22:04 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-09 02:32 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Thorsten Kampe <thorsten@thorstenkampe.de> - 2011-06-03 10:32 +0200
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 05:51 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-03 13:17 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 08:14 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-03 14:25 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net> - 2011-06-03 10:58 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-03 12:29 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-03 20:49 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-03 21:45 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-03 15:11 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-03 23:38 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 22:47 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 22:44 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 16:08 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 10:29 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 17:17 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:40 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2011-06-06 17:56 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-06 10:48 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:42 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-04 02:05 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-06-04 03:24 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-04 04:59 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-03 22:30 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-04 05:14 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-04 09:39 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-05 00:44 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 09:36 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-04 21:02 +0100
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-05 01:01 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-04 16:04 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-05 23:03 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net> - 2011-06-06 07:11 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 11:51 +0300
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 19:01 +1000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 07:33 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-07 11:37 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-06-07 20:30 -0400
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-08 07:38 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 09:14 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 01:27 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-06 15:29 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-06-06 10:06 -0600
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-07 09:00 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-08 09:01 +0000
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces "rurpy@yahoo.com" <rurpy@yahoo.com> - 2011-06-08 07:39 -0700
Re: how to avoid leading white spaces rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2011-06-05 04:17 -0700
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