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Re: .split() Qeustion

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From Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws>
Date 2013-08-14 11:31 +0100
Subject Re: .split() Qeustion
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On 14 August 2013 09:30, Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:12:56 -0700, Gary Herron wrote:
>
>> On 08/13/2013 09:51 PM, eschneider92@comcast.net wrote:
>>> How can I use the '.split()' method (am I right in calling it a
>>> method?) without instead of writing each comma between words in the pie
>>> list in the following code? Also, is there a way to use .split instead
>>> of typing the apostrophes? Thank you.
>>>
>>> import random pie=['keylime', 'peach', 'apple', 'cherry', 'pecan']
>>> print(random.choice(pie))
>>>
>>> Eric
>>
>> I think you are referring to this:
>>      pie = 'keylime peach apple cherry pecan'.split()
>>
>> While it's easier to type, and does save a few characters, I think the
>> original list is clearer to a reader of your program.
>>
>> Gary Herron
>
> I would agree with the last statement.
> Please write list definitions as lists rather than taking a short-cut to
> save a few key presses

That's true with this example, but is:

lines = [
    "Developments in high-speed rail, and high-speed",
    "transport more generally, have historically been",
    "impeded by the difficulties in managing friction",
    "and air resistance, both of which become",
    "substantial when vehicles approach high speeds.",
    "The vactrain concept eliminates these obstacles",
    "by employing magnetically levitating trains in",
    "tubes kept at a complete vacuum, allowing for",
    "heoretical speeds of thousands of miles per",
    "hour. The high cost of constructing such a system,",
    "however, and the difficulty of maintaining a",
    "vacuum over large distances, has prevented this",
    "type of system from ever being built. The",
    "Hyperloop can be viewed as a modified vactrain,",
    "employing more cost-effective solutions to the",
    "same problems the latter was designed to solve."
]

really more readable than:

lines = """\
Developments in high-speed rail, and high-speed
transport more generally, have historically been
impeded by the difficulties in managing friction
and air resistance, both of which become
substantial when vehicles approach high speeds.
The vactrain concept eliminates these obstacles
by employing magnetically levitating trains in
tubes kept at a complete vacuum, allowing for
heoretical speeds of thousands of miles per
hour. The high cost of constructing such a system,
however, and the difficulty of maintaining a
vacuum over large distances, has prevented this
type of system from ever being built. The
Hyperloop can be viewed as a modified vactrain,
employing more cost-effective solutions to the
same problems the latter was designed to solve.
"""[1:-1].split("\n")

?

Additionally,namedtuple has already set the precedence for this kind of thing.

Finally, a simple extension or a decent editor should make it trivial
to convert between the forms, so you can write the shorter way and
convert on-the-fly.

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.split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 21:51 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Gary Herron <gary.herron@islandtraining.com> - 2013-08-13 22:12 -0700
    Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 08:30 +0000
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 11:31 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-08-14 13:29 +0000
        Re: .split() Qeustion Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-15 09:15 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 02:46 -0700
            Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 10:54 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 11:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 06:58 -0700
      Re: .split() Qeustion Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-08-14 13:45 +0200
      Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-14 12:55 +0100
        Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-14 07:32 -0700
          Re: .split() Qeustion random832@fastmail.us - 2013-08-14 13:05 -0400
            Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-15 07:17 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:14 +0100
            Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-15 00:46 -0700
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 16:38 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2013-08-15 15:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2013-08-15 17:30 +0200
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 16:43 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:13 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 00:29 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-16 05:27 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-17 02:38 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-17 03:45 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:30 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2013-08-16 10:24 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-17 11:16 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-08-16 15:59 +1000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 07:14 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-16 06:14 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-16 09:23 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-17 01:09 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-17 07:55 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2013-08-18 11:30 +1200
                Re: .split() Qeustion wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2013-08-18 00:17 -0700
                Re: .split() Qeustion Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2013-08-16 13:59 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 17:54 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-15 19:28 +0100
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:17 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2013-08-15 19:40 +0100
              Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-15 17:40 -0400
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:22 +0000
              Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-15 22:56 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:39 +0000
                Re: .split() Qeustion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-08-16 04:41 +0000
          Re: .split() Qeustion Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-08-14 12:29 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2013-08-14 12:38 -0500
          Re: .split() Qeustion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-08-14 18:46 +0100
          Re: .split() Qeustion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-08-14 15:45 -0400
  Re: .split() Qeustion Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-08-14 05:35 +0000
  Re: .split() Qeustion eschneider92@comcast.net - 2013-08-13 22:44 -0700
  Re: .split() Qeustion Krishnan Shankar <i.am.songoku@gmail.com> - 2013-08-13 22:37 -0700
  .split() Qeustion "Alfonso Andalon Jr." <alfonsoandalon@gmail.com> - 2013-08-16 21:31 -0700

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