turn string containing arguments into an array with python

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I have this python script that takes arguments as strings separated by "," but I cannot just split it because there are some arguments that contain ",". The input is something like this:

"hello, how are you","how old are you"

and I want to get them as:

["hello, how are you","how old are you"]

So is your input actually a single string '"hello, how are you","how old are you"', because as you wrote it it is already a tuple of 2 strings...? — Julien
– Julien, Commented Oct 9, 2017 at 0:30

A. J. Parr · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 00:53:13Z

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Since your string looks like csv, maybe you could use the csv module.

import csv
my_str = '"hello, how are you","how old are you"'
my_csv = [my_str] # Wrap in a list because the csv module expects it
csv_reader = csv.reader(my_csv)
final_array = next(csv_reader)

Should output:

['hello, how are you','how old are you']

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 0:53

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Van Peer · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 12:38:26Z

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Without using csv module

my_str = '"hello, how are you","how old are you"'
my_str = my_str.split('"')[1::2]
print(my_str)

Outputs:

['hello, how are you', 'how old are you']

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 12:38

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