regulars expressions ?

[Jaime Wyant]

Doh - please note that csv.reader takes more than one argument - the
FIRST one is an iterable object.

jw

On 6/28/05, Jaime Wyant <programmer.py at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe, you need the csv module:
> 
> import csv
> mystring = "\"test1, test2\", test, 42"
> 
> # The one argument to csv.reader is an iterable object
> # You could use a file here...
> csv_reader = csv.reader([mystring])
> 
> for line in csv_reader:
>     print line
> 
> ['test1, test2', ' test', ' 42']
> 
> hth,
> jw
> 
> On 6/28/05, scott <scott at alussinan.org> wrote:
> > hi people !
> >
> > <newbie>
> > i got some trouble with regular expressions
> > i need to split a string like this on the ',' character :
> >
> > mystring = ""\test1, test2\", test, 42"
> >
> > i wanna get something (a list) like this (3 elements) :
> > "test1, test2"
> > test
> > 42
> >
> > but the only thing i get is a list like this (4 elements) :
> > "test1"
> > "test2"
> > test
> > 42
> >
> > each element is separated by ',' but 1st element which is delimited by
> > '"' may contain ',' character inside.
> >
> > so the regular expression i need is something like :
> > split each element using ',' delimiter but if ',' delimiter is included
> > between '"' please do not split
> > </newbie>
> >
> > 1st question is : does someone has understood the question ?
> > 2nd question is : does someone has an answer ?
> >
> > thanks people
> >
> > scott
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