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  Re: Robust regex MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-11-19 20:50 +0000

#33556 — Re: Robust regex

On 2012-11-19 20:32, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Trying to robustly parse a string that will have key/value pairs separated
> by three pipes, where each additional key/value (if more than one exists)
> will be delineated by four more pipes.
>
>      string = 'key_1|||value_1||||key_2|||value_2'
>      regex = '((?:(?!\|\|\|).)+)(?:\|\|\|)((?:(?!\|\|\|).)+)(?:\|\|\|\|)?'
>
> I am not convinced this is the most effective or safest, any opinions would
> be greatly appreciated!
>
Do you need to use regex?

It would be simpler to use the .split method:

for pair in string.split("||||"):
     key, value = pair.split("|||")
     print("key is {!r}, value is {!r}".format(key, value))

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