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| From | Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> |
| Subject | Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list |
| Date | Sat, 14 May 2011 09:41:20 +0100 |
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On Fri, 13 May 2011 10:15:29 -0700, noydb wrote:
> I want some code to take the items in a semi-colon-delimted string "list"
> and places each in a python list. I came up with below. In the name of
> learning how to do things properly, do you experts have a better way of
> doing it?
> x = "red;blue;green;yellow" ## string of semi-colon delimited colors
Provided that a semicolon is *always* a delimiter, just use the .split()
method:
color_list = x.split(";")
For more complex formats, where there are quote and/or escape characters
which allow the delimiter to occur as part of an item, you typically need
to use a regular expression to match everything up to the next delimiter,
and do this in a loop to extract the individual items.
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How best to convert a string "list" to a python list noydb <jenn.duerr@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 10:15 -0700
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2011-05-13 13:30 -0400
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-13 18:36 +0100
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list Redcat <redcat@catfolks.net> - 2011-05-13 19:26 +0000
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-05-14 09:41 +0100
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list Daniel Kluev <dan.kluev@gmail.com> - 2011-05-14 21:16 +1100
Re: How best to convert a string "list" to a python list Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-14 15:59 -0400
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