splitting a string into different columns in python

Question

I have a string like :

"probability": {"go": 0.63549300785454799, "stand": 0.15739544829291019, "stop": 0.36450699214545207}, "label": "go"

Of this string, i want to extract only the part after '}, "', i.e.

"label": "go"

This string is generated in a loop, hence have to perform this action within the loop itself. Also, the length of the different parts of the string is not constant. How may I extract the desired part of the string?

I can pretty much guarantee you're solving the wrong problem here. It looks like your string is a substring of some JSON document, which you should be handling using actual JSON tools. — Karl Knechtel
– Karl Knechtel, Commented Oct 27, 2015 at 13:09

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thestring = '"probability": {"go": 0.63549300785454799, "stand": 0.15739544829291019, "stop": 0.36450699214545207}, "label": "go"'
print thestring.split('}, ')[1]

Output:

"label": "go"

answered Oct 27, 2015 at 13:09

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Jim K Over a year ago

Looks good but print is a function in python 3. Use either print(thestring.split('}, ')[1]) or just plain thestring.split('}, ')[1].

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