I have a string built from a few segments, which are not separated, but not overlap. This looks like that:
<python><regex><split>
I would like to split in into:
<python>, <regex>, <split>
I'm looking for the most efficient way to do that, and in the same time with as little code as possible. I could change '>' into '> ' etc., but I don't want to do any redundant operations. Is it possible to use regex to do that?
Try re.findall:
import re
your_string = '<python><regex><split>'
parts = re.findall(r'<.+?>', your_string)
print parts # ['<python>', '<regex>', '<split>']
>>> re.sub(r'<(.+?)>',r'<\1>,','<python><regex><split>')[:-1]
'<python>,<regex>,<split>'
If your input data is really that simple, you can just use the .replace() method that's built into strings.
>>> '<python><regex><split>'.replace('><', '>, <')
'<python>, <regex>, <split>'
If it's more complex, you should give a better example of input/expected output.
