How Do I Split A String Using Multiple Delimiters (Python)

Question

I am trying to further split an already split string to further clean it up and remove unnecessary bits of info. This is a URL split by '/'

['https:', '', 'expressjs.com', 'en', 'starter', 'hello-world.html']

I would like to be able to make it:

['https:', '', 'expressjs','com', 'en', 'starter', 'hello-world','html']

Any thoughts?

Iain Shelvington · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-27 04:14:36Z

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re.split can split a string on every match for your regex

>>> re.split('[/\.]', 'https://expressjs.com/en/starter/hello-world.html')
['https:', '', 'expressjs', 'com', 'en', 'starter', 'hello-world', 'html']

[/\.] matches any forward-slash or period character

answered Mar 27, 2020 at 4:14

Iain Shelvington

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The backslash is not required when the . is inside [].

Shubham Sharma · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-27 04:11:45Z

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Try this:

L = ['https:', '', 'expressjs.com', 'en', 'starter', 'hello-world.html']
L =  [subitem for item in L for subitem in item.split('.')]

print(L)

Output:

['https:', '', 'expressjs', 'com', 'en', 'starter', 'hello-world', 'html']

answered Mar 27, 2020 at 4:11

Shubham Sharma

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