String Split into separate Strings in python

Question

I want to split "Onehundredthousand" to "one" "hundred" "thousand" using python. How can I do that?

Just for this particular string,there can n different solutions. But if you want a generic solution,u need to have some delimiters. — Mayur Buragohain
– Mayur Buragohain, Commented Apr 22, 2016 at 7:05

Byte Commander · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22 06:54:02Z

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You can use a string's partition method to split it into 3 parts (left part, separator, right part):

"onehundredthousand".partition("hundred")
# output: ('one', 'hundred', 'thousand')

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 6:54

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AKS · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22 06:25:21Z

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>>> s = "Onehundredthousand"
>>> s.replace('hundred', '_hundred_').split('_')
['One', 'hundred', 'thousand']

This will only work on the given string.

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 6:25

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Using replace and then split? It's better to use partition.

falsetru · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-22 06:29:23Z

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Using regular expression re.split. If you use captured group as a separator, it will be also included in the result list:

>>> import re
>>> re.split('(hundred)', 'Onehundredthousand')
['One', 'hundred', 'thousand']

answered Apr 22, 2016 at 6:29

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