Python splitting string to find specific content

Question

I am trying to split a string in python to extract a particular part. I am able to get the part of the string before the symbol < but how do i get the bit after? e.g. the emailaddress part?

 >>> s = 'texttexttextblahblah <emailaddress>'
 >>> s = s[:s.find('<')]
 >>> print s

This above code gives the output texttexttextblahblah

may be will be more correctly: s = s[s.find('<')+1:]?

Andrii Tykhonov
– Andrii Tykhonov

2013-01-31 16:51:58 +00:00
Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 16:51 — Andrii Tykhonov
– Andrii Tykhonov, Commented Jan 31, 2013 at 16:51

ig0774 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 16:51:26Z

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s = s[s.find('<')+1:-1]

or

s = s.split('<')[1][:-1]

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 16:51

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ZeeeeeV Over a year ago

Cheers. Works perfectly. Yeah nothing will ever follow the > in my data.

acjay · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 16:55:52Z

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cha0site's and ig0774's answers are pretty straightforward for this case, but it would probably help you to learn regular expressions for times when it's not so simple.

import re
fullString = 'texttexttextblahblah <emailaddress>'
m = re.match(r'(\S+) <(\S+)>', fullString)
part1 = m.group(1)
part2 = m.group(2)

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 16:55

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Tim Pietzcker · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-31 16:55:00Z

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Perhaps being a bit more explicit with a regex isn't a bad idea in this case:

import re
match = re.search("""
    (?<=<)  # Make sure the match starts after a <
    [^<>]*  # Match any number of characters except angle brackets""", 
    subject, re.VERBOSE)
if match:
    result = match.group()

answered Jan 31, 2013 at 16:55

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